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Two Arrested in Marion Drug Investigation

The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office says a search warrant executed Wednesday in Marion resulted in two arrests and the seizure of cocaine. Deputies searched a home in the 300 block of South Future Street...

FILE - Security fences surround the Illinois Department of Corrections' Logan Correctional Center on Nov. 18, 2016, in Lincoln, Ill. A report Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, by a state inspector general found that an Illinois prison system administrator improperly ordered the hiring of a family member for a Department of Corrections position that was never authorized. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

Families, Advocates Raise Concerns Over Illinois Prison Mail...

Families of Illinois prison inmates and legal advocacy groups are speaking out against a new Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) policy that restricts incarcerated individuals’ access to physical mail. Under emergency rules launched in...

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17 year old Arrested for Unlawful Use of a Weapon

Carbondale Police say a teenager has been charged after allegedly threatening someone with a gun early Saturday morning. Officers were called around 2:45 a.m. to the 800 block of East Grand Avenue for a...

Aunt Verna on National Men Make Dinner Day!

‘Ol Aunt Verna has some thoughts on men cookin’ dinner in the kitchen. In case you missed it, here’s her phone call from this morning’s Kent in the Country Morning Show! (Scroll down for the phone call)...

S.I. Roofing & Siding teaming up with SIU Athletics to give ...

I was able to visit with the folks from S.I. Roofing & Siding and SIU Athletics on today’s Kent in the Country Morning Show. They are teaming up to give away a new roof to a local veteran here...