Cairo, Illinois once stood as a powerful river port and Civil War command center, strategically positioned at the meeting ...

Back in 1993, another newspaper published my article commemorating the 75th anniversary of the lynching of Robert Prager in Collinsville. Prager, a German immigrant, was hanged because residents ...

CAIRO, IL -- The Smooth Jazz on The River Festival returns for its fourth year this Labor Day Weekend at Fort Defiance Park in Cairo. The festival will take place on September 1st and 2nd from 3 to 11 ...

CAIRO, IL (WSIL) -- The US 60/62 Mississippi River bridge is closed after crews found critical issues. The Illinois Department of Transportation is alerting motorists traveling in the Alexander County ...

Sitting between the Ohio and Mississippi rivers Cairo Illinois geographically mirrors its namesake Cairo Egypt This piece blends a variety of footage from the region some found and some filmed to ...

CARBONDALE, Ill. — 23-year-old Daurice T. Morse, of Cairo, IL, was found guilty of first-degree murder on Thursday. Morse was convicted of shooting and killing 18-year-old Jacob Gary of Cape Girardeau ...