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Educators from 50 school districts in southern Illinois took part in a training session to learn about strategies to help students suffering from Adverse…
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A social welfare organization says more than half of all Illinois counties are on its poverty-related watch list. A total of 52 counties received the…
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The Jackson County Board may weigh in on gun legislation in the Illinois General Assembly.The bills in Springfield include restrictions on the gun buying…
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About 100 teachers and school support staff spent the better part of three hours inside a junior high school gymnasium in rural, east central Illinois...
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Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoed a dozen bills late Friday. Among them: House Bill 3211 , a measure that would help low-income students qualify for federal SNAP...
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WSIU's Jennifer Fuller talks with The Southern Illinoisan reporters Molly Parker and Isaac Smith about their upcoming project featuring the Alexander…
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As we conclude our month long series on poverty in southern Illinois, WSIU's Brad Palmer reports on how poverty and housing issues are inextricably…
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In southern Illinois most of the landscape is perfect for farming.In the summer, a lot of the roads look like hallways with corn for walls.But even…
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WSIU continues its series on Poverty in southern Illinois. In this installment, we take a look at the link between poverty and education, and how…
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WSIU's Jennifer Fuller talks with Amy Terpstra, Director of Research for the Social IMPACT Research Center at Heartland Alliance, about the definition of…