A Moultrie County man died overnight after being hit by a tractor trailer as he walked along Interstate 64 in White County.

The Board of Trustees of Illinois State University has chosen Terri Goss Kinzy to be the school’s 20th president, effective July 1.

The announcement was made Friday.

The Carbondale Police Department is asking for help in locating a missing teenager.

15-year-old Esperanza Slattery of Carbondale was last seen on Thursday in Nashville, Illinois.  

A southern Illinois congressman spoke on the House floor Wednesday night about the struggles of small businesses unable to hire enough workers because the federal government is often paying them more in unemployment benefits.

A boarding program for post-secondary students with learning disabilities, attention disorders and language based disorders is getting a new home.

The new roundabout intersection at Chautauqua and McLafferty Roads in Carbondale opened on Thursday.

The Illinois Department of Transportation is alerting those traveling on Route 14 near the Franklin - Hamilton County line of a road closure this weekend.

The City of Cape Girardeau's Historic Preservation Commission is out with its 2021 endangered building list. 

The list is highlighted by the Esquire Theater on Broadway, which closed in 1984, and on the same block, the Broadway Theatre, which was damaged by a fire in March.