Jason Lindsey from Hooked on Science and WPSD presented an eye-catching pokemon science demonstration at Shawnee Elementary School in Wolf Lake on Wednesday, Oct. 12.
Shawnee Elementary students received a visit from some area fire department personnel and their equipment on Tuesday morning, Oct. 11, as part of Fire Prevention Week.
Firefighters Riley Webb, of the McClure-East Cape Fire District, and TC Schaefer and chief Dennis Wright, both of the Tower Rock...
Democrat Hillary Clinton leads Republican Donald Trump by an overwhelming 53 percent to 28 percent margin among likely voters in the 2016 race for president in Illinois, according to a new poll by Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Paul Simon Public Policy Institute.
Libertarian Gary Johnson...
Harvest season is in full swing in Southern Illinois. Lt. Shane Alvey, interim commander of Illinois State Police District 13/22, is urging motorists to be alert while traveling on rural roadways.
As farmers move equipment from field to field they will be traveling at much slower speeds than the...
Bubble Kicks, a business in Anna, had volunteers show how to use the bubbles during a Kid’s Fest which was held Saturday, Oct. 8, in Anna.
The event was held during the 2016 Union County ColorFest weekend.
Kid’s Fest was hosted by the Children’s Medical and Mental Health Resource Network, and also...
Families and their furry friends will have a chance to celebrate the lifelong contributions of canine caregivers to cancer patients at the American Cancer Society Bark For Life event on Saturday, Oct. 29, at Carbondale Community High School.
The celebration will include doggie and kid's activities...
Creepy critters and other fun with Mother Nature promise to make the eighth annual Haunted Hollow at Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Touch of Nature Environmental Center a fun time for all ages.
The family friendly event is planned from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Nov. 6 at Touch of Nature, which...
The Pulaski Pecan Bonanza is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 22, at the Pulaski County Fairgrounds in Pulaski, and the organizers of the Pecan Bonanza Bake-off invite area cooks to make their best pecan dish and submit for judging.
Dishes do not have to be original recipes, but must be made by the...
Following completion of community radio station WDBX's Phase One “Power The Tower” solar initiative with the successful installation of 22 cutting-edge rooftop solar panels, Carbondale Chamber of Commerce will host a "Powering On" ceremony Thursday, Oct. 20 at 11 a.m. at 224 N. Washington Street...
Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau is planning to participate in the Great Central U.S. ShakeOut earthquake drill at 10:20 a.m. on Oct. 19.
The drills offers the university a way to prepare faculty, staff and students to survive and recover from earthquakes.
The drill is...