Jackson County, IL

MURPHYSBORO, Ill. (KFVS) - With nearly 700 cases, Illinois is one of the hardest-hit states by the ongoing monkeypox outbreak. Most of those cases are in the Chicago area, but health officials in the Heartland are keeping a close eye on the spread. The Jackson County Health department division director...

A Herrin woman faces multiple charges of murder after she allegedly killed her ex-husband, an Illinois Department of Transportation worker, at his work site in Murphysboro last week. Jackson County State's Attorney Joseph A. Cervantez announced Friday that Alexis N. Stallman, 41, has been charged with three counts of first-degree...

CARBONDALE, Ill. (KFVS) -It’ll be a star-studded event at Southern Illinois University (SIU) tomorrow night for planet enthusiasts. SIU, along with partners like the Adler Planetarium of Chicago and the Astronomical Association of Southern Illinois, are putting on a star party for anyone who wants a closer look into space.

JACKSON COUNTY, IL — A 10-year-old girl from Indiana died after she fell while hiking with her family at Garden of the Gods Recreation Area near Herod, Illinois. The girl has been identified as 10-year-old Everly Kate Montgomery of Odon, Indiana, The Southern Illinoisan reported Monday, citing the Jackson County coroner.

JACKSON CO., Ill. (WFIE) - An Odon, Indiana, girl will be laid to rest this week after a tragic accident took her life. Several news outlets in the Jackson County, Illinois, area, including NBC sister station WTWO, report she died after a fall at Garden of the Gods. We aren’t...

MURPHYSBORO – We now know the name of that 10-year-old Indiana girl who died after falling from a 100 foot cliff at the Garden of the Gods Friday. According to the Jackson County Coroner’s Office, Everly Kate Montgomery of Odon, Indiana died after she was flown to a hospital after suffering serious injuries in a fall from Devil’s Smoke Stack near Herod.

A 41-year-old Illinois woman was arrested last week after she allegedly fatally stabbed her ex-husband, an employee with the state’s Department of Transportation, just hours after the two appeared in court for a child custody hearing. Alexis Stallman was taken into custody and charged with three counts of first-degree...

Prosecutors in southern Illinois say an IDOT worker was stabbed to death by his ex-wife amid contentious child custody proceedings in divorce court.

A suspect in a 2021 Carbondale murder has entered a guilty plea. Jackson County State’s Attorney Joseph Cerventez says 44-year-old Freddie R. Glasser entered the guilty plea. Sentencing is set for Oct. 25. Officers responded to a home on South Marion Street to assist with an eviction. When they...