JEFFERSON COUNTY, IL (WSIL) -- The Jefferson County Fire Protection District is announcing the passing of a commissioner.Â
HARRISBURG, Ill. -- Two inmates who escaped custody in Harrisburg on Friday morning are back in custody.
Fire crews battling wildfires in the Texas panhandle near Canadian. Video from Cindy Talley.
A local cemetery was honored for it's 75th anniversary on Thursday. The event was also held to recognize the family who owns and caretakes the property, and the special work they put into the grounds to honor the 1,200 veterans buried there.Â
On June 21st and 22nd of 1922, one of the deadliest labor disputes in U.S. history unfolded in Herrin and neighboring areas on the southeast side of town.
MOUND CITY, IL (WSIL) -- Dozens gathered at Mound City National Cemetery Saturday morning.
The late Don Cooper received a tribute from an old friend at Little Arlington Cemetery in Harrisburg on the eve of Veteran's Day.
CARBONDALE, ILLINOIS (WSIL) -- Despite the weekend's wet weather, students braved the rain to clean headstones at a local cemetery. Â
HONOLULU (AP) � South Korean President Moon Jae-in visited Hawaii this week as the remains of 68 Korean and six presumed U.S. service members were repatriated during a ceremony at Pearl Harbor. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports that South Korean soldiers who died in the Korean War had been in the possession of the U.S. Defense
WARSAW, Poland (AP) � Warsaw’s Jewish community has buried an unidentified Holocaust victim whose remains were discovered in a building that was within the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II. Poland’s chief rabbi said “we are here as the family for a person we don’t know.� The bones were wrapped in white cloth on a