The state awarded $3.3 million to 149 fire departments and EMS providers across the state. The Small Equipment Grant Program provides grants of up to $26,000 for first responders to purchase new firefighting and ambulance equipment.

Illinois 14 will be closed between Ewing Road and Meadows Lane to replace a drainage structure.

While the fire is contained, an evacuation order is still in effect. 

Multiple law enforcement agencies responded to the scene. 

Flags across Illinois will be flown at half-staff on Saturday in recognition of the new state holiday.

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A broken pair of glasses has forced Super Splash Park in Carbondale to close amenities such as the leisure pool, lazy river, and water slide.

The man is charged with aggravated criminal sexual assault, home invasion, residential burglary and unlawful restraint. 

Uninsured or underinsured residents of Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois can receive no-cost dental and optical care until June 25.

During his state of the city address Monday, the mayor discussed possible projects for the former Illinois Star Centre Mall and the surrounding area.

(CNN) — Residents were ordered to evacuate their homes after a chemical fire broke out Monday morning at the Chemtool Inc. plant in Rockton, Illinois.

The FCC's Emergency Broadband Benefit program provides a $50 monthly discount to low-income families struggling to pay for internet service.

The total is about 40% higher than at this point in 2020, and about 65% higher than at this point in 2019, according to data from the Gun Violence Archive.

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Veterans Honor Flight of Southern Illinois says all the veterans who were originally selected for the trip will be able to take the flight on Sept. 28. 

The officer is charged with entering a restricted building, disrupting government business and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds with intent to impede congressional proceeding.

The Williamson County Sheriff's Office and the Herrin Police Department are searching for 36-year-old Juan Antonio Ortiz. 

An autopsy by the Williamson County Coroner's Offices office does not suspect foul play.

The state will eliminate all capacity limits on businesses, large-scale events, conventions, amusement parks, and all other venues.

The grant funding comes from the Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program, which awarded nearly $106 million to 99 projects throughout the state. 

CARBONDALE, IL — Aetna Better Health of Illinois recently donated $138,000's worth of professional-grade refrigerators and freezers to 34 food pantries serving the southernmost 16 counties in Illinois, the company announced. 

Marion police, the Williamson County Coroner's Office and Illinois State Police crime scene investigators are looking into the death. 

The body was found while the tanker truck was stopped at the gas transfer hub near the small village of Buckley, Illinois. 

A Carbondale, IL, man has been sentenced to the Illinois Department of Corrections for 15 years after pleading guilty to aggravated battery of a child, which caused great bodily harm to the child.

CARBONDALE, IL — The Carbondale, Illinois, Police Department is investigating after gunshots were fired this weekend, causing property damage. 

The American Red Cross says it has seen fewer blood and platelet donors as pandemic restrictions are being lifted across the United States. But the need for these life-saving donations is as real as ever. 

Judicial boundaries in Illinois are scheduled to change for the first time since 1964, but Monday the state supreme court put the transition on hold.

When police arrived they determined a man was shot in the leg while sitting inside a vehicle.

"We started reading them, and crying and laughing at the words as they jumped right off the page and into my heart. I just couldn't get his words out of my head,” the Illinois woman said of her father's letters to her mother. 

As a candidate for governor in 2018, Pritzker voiced support for an independent commission to draw maps and removing political considerations in placing the lines.

Anyone with information about where McGee is can call the Carbondale Police Department at 618-457-3200.   

Eastbound on I-24 will be closed beginning today at 8 p.m.

The charges stem from 2014, when the man mailed letters from a federal prison in Pennsylvania where he was serving time for 2010 bank robbery, first to the Franklin County State’s Attorney’s Office and then two weeks later to the county’s circuit clerk.

A West Frankfort, Illinois, man accused of killing a woman in Carbondale is in custody in Florida awaiting extradition. 

No arrests have been made yet, and the police department says investigators are interviewing witnesses and canvassing the scene. 

Massac Sheriff Chad Kaylor tells Local 6 there is a traffic back up on Interstate 24 at the eastbound New Columbia/Big Bay exit.

The American Red Cross says it has seen fewer blood and platelet donors as pandemic restrictions are being lifted across the United States. But the need for these life-saving donations is as real as ever. 

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HERRIN, IL — "Our freedom came at a great price. I'm thankful for those who are still going that have paid their price that we can keep our freedom."

Illinois is closer to making Juneteenth a state holiday.

A list of Memorial Day ceremonies in the Local 6 area. 

Police say the suspect is originally from Colorado. 

Roughly 9,000 flags were set out to honor men and women buried there who served our country.