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Amid an ambitious June 2 board meeting, Cambria village trustees voted unanimously not to release bodycam footage from an Oct. 16 incident at the center of months of controversy.

The bodycam footage was under question because of an incident involving Cambria Police Chief Phillip Boss.

Boss responded to a call regarding a woman who was naked in her neighbor’s veh...


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Southern Illinois University’s longtime summer tradition, the Sunset Concert Series, will return for its 47th season beginning June 11 with six weeks of free live music across multiple venues in Carbondale.

This year’s lineup features a variety of genres, including country soul, blues, funk and zydeco. If you haven’t heard of zydeco, it’s high-energy music originating ...


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FiddleRick and Cash Johnson have been making music in Carbondale since their college years in the 1980s and ‘90s. If you haven’t seen them around the Makanda Boardwalk or performing at Tres Hombres, then turn on the radio and listen to them on WDBX. They’re often referred to as local legends, a modern-day Johnny and June, and have been playing it cool since 1968.  <...


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Illinois lawmakers approved the state budget early Monday morning after slogging through the night, enacting new taxes on businesses and authorizing less spending than what Gov. JB Pritzker proposed in February.

“It’s allowed us to be prepared for the great reality we face today,” Senate Democrats budget leader Elgie Sims, of Chicago, said during debate. “The reality o...


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Gov. JB Pritzker says he intends to sign legislation imposing a statewide ban on cell phones and other wireless communication devices during instructional time in public schools and charter schools.

Although many districts in Illinois have already adopted more stringent bans of their own,


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