An Illinois man has been exonerated 23 years after his death in the first posthumous exoneration in Illinois.

Grover Thompson was convicted and sentenced to 40 years in prison for the 1981 stabbing of Ida White in Mt. Vernon. Thompson died at Menard Correctional Center in 1996.

Franklin County authorities have identified the woman whose body was found near Zeigler on Saturday.

The sheriff's office says she is 30-year-old Brandy Hughes of Zeigler.

Southern Illinois University School of Medicine now has a Center for Family Medicine clinic inside Taylorville Memorial Hospital, a 25-bed critical access facility.

The new SIU primary care clinic opened Tuesday and will initially be located in the Specialty Clinic space.

Murphysboro republican Congressman Mike Bost and Florida democrat Al Lawson introduced bipartisan legislation Tuesday to try to help America's agriculture industry.

The Senate is holding confirmation hearings this week for President Trump's pick to run the Justice Department. William Barr is the nominee to be the next Attorney General. 

A Southern Illinois activist organization - Women United Network - is celebrating the third anniversary of the Women's March this Saturday.

To start the day, there will be a community engagement fair beginning at 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the Carbondale Civic Center.

"We hope community members will come out and meet organizations that they may be interested in joining," organizer Liz Hunter says. "So they can kick off 2019 with an organization with some hope and plans for volunteering throughout the year."