UPDATE: Williamson County authorities say Jackson has been found unharmed.
ORIGINAL STORY:
The search is on for a missing southern Illinois woman.
The Williamson County Sheriff's Department reports 40-year-old Lora Jackson -- who lives near Crab Orchard Lake -- is listed as a missing/endangered person.
Jackson is described as a white female...five feet five inches tall...200 pounds...with brown hair and hazel eyes.
Her purse was recently found along Highway 127 south of Pinckneyville.
Jackson is believed to be driving a 2013 Mitsubishi Outlander.
Anyone with information on her whereabouts should contact the Williamson County Sheriff's office at 618-997-6541.