The Giant City State Park Visitors Center is hosting an “Explore the Southern Illinois Outdoors” event in October ...

The Southern Illinois region is littered with former coal mine lands; and with them, coal mining towns that have dried up in recent times. Some towns, such as Dowell and Carrier Mills, are seeing ...

Two Heartland projects from southern Illinois have been awarded an “Energizing Rural Communities Prize” from the U.S.

A sundown town [...] is an entire community (or even county) that for decades was ‘all white’ on purpose," researchers write ...

The first witness called by those challenging the ban was a downstate gun dealer who testified AR-15-style guns are used for ...

For the outdoor enthusiast, Southern Illinois has it all — hiking, biking, camping, birdwatching, foraging, hunting, climbing ...

Though it may still feel like summer outside in the Chicago area, days continue to get shorter as the seasons are changing, ...

Gilgal Sculpture Garden in Salt Lake City is a unique and bizarre hidden gem featuring original sculptures and engraved stones.

Disaster assistance for producers and training new staff has been among the many focuses of the Farm Service Agency’s ...

Where are some great spots to see changing fall colors in Central Illinois, and how might weather affect this year's show?

Tucked away in the small town of Vienna, Illinois, there’s a place where cheeseburgers reign supreme. It’s called Ned’s Shed, ...