Fires considered suspicious burned in Marion and Johnston City last week, damaging a handful of structures and several vehicles.

A scientist at Southern Illinois University’s medical school has received a big federal grant for Alzheimer’s disease research.

Sen. Dick Durbin has sent President Barack Obama his short list of the people he thinks should be the U.S. attorneys and marshals for central and southern Illinois.

Illinois leads the nation in bank failures so far this year, and a banking group warns that more failures are likely.

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Once the nation’s most secure prison, the federal lockup in Marion has housed everyone from spies to a Colombian druglord to dapper mob boss John Gotti. Now Mayor Robert Butler hopes to roll out the welcome mat for a new set of accused criminals: Guantanamo Bay terrorism suspects.

Motorcycle riders will pay tribute to James "Buster" Zimbro with a ride before his funeral services Tuesday.

The death of a Marion man is being treated as a possible homicide, Williamson County Coroner Mike "Junior" Burke said Sunday afternoon.

A Marion man was found dead in a yard on E. Warder St. Saturday morning.

James "Buster" Zimbro, 56 of Mulkeytown, was pronounced dead at 2:45 a.m. Friday after a motorcycle accident on 17th Street in Marion.

"All I ever wanted to do was fly for airlines," said Capt. Julie Clark.

Williamson County Sheriff's deputy Shaunn Curry received a stiffer-than-normal punishment for first-time DUI offenders Thursday morning.

The word that Southern Illinois has been waiting for came through Thursday night. The office of Gov. Pat Quinn announced that the state's request for federal assistance to local governments and electrical cooperatives has been approved.

The federal disaster declaration will enable governments in Williamson, Franklin, Gallatin, Jackson, Randolph and Saline Counties to recover 75 percent of their costs related to storm response and recovery from the May 8 wind storm.

When news broke in early May that Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Southern Illinois would phase out its mentoring services over the summer, a needed service looked like it would disappear.

Gravel roads dotted by giant hills disguise the beauty of a farm's reincarnation. Well off noisy Route 13 somewhere between Carterville and Carbondale is Walker's Bluff, a multifaceted winery that opens this weekend.