The Daily Egyptian

The Village of Cambria’s Board of Trustees, in a May 20 special meeting, swore in William Lo as the new village president. 

The board of trustees voted 4-2 in favor of Lo to serve as village president in the May 5 regular meeting previously

Voting by mail isn’t new. The United States first implemented the practice on a large scale when President Abraham Lincoln insisted on holding the 1864 election and Union soldiers were far from their polling places.

Since the 2020 election and the COVID-...

SPRINGFIELD — A proposal that would expand access to a federal program that discounts the price of prescription drugs could end up costing Illinois employers an additional $89 million a year, including more than $12 million a year for the state of Illinois itself.

That’s according to a memo, dated May 12, from the Department of Central Management Services, the state ag...

A body matching the description of Kameron Strabley, 22, was found on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, according to a news release from the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office. Searchers found the body in the Big Muddy River, which runs parallel to the Little Grand Canyon Trail area. 

An autopsy has been scheduled to investigate the cause of death. 

Strabley was rep...

The Carterville school board voted Tuesday to begin the process of firing John “Jake” Wakey, the Carterville High School assistant football coach and teacher charged with nine counts of sexual abuse...