By Tyler Wooten SIUSalukis.com CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- The Saluki … [Continue Reading]

Sophomore Azia Washington was 7-of-13 from the field for 14 points -- three off her career high.

I Samuel 16:7 How do you judge your teammates’ performance on game day, by … [Continue Reading]

CHICAGO — The National Weather Service says two dozen tornadoes struck … [Continue Reading]

This aerial view on Monday, Nov. 18, 2013, shows homes that were destroyed by a tornado that hit the western Illinois town of Washington on Sunday. It was one of the worst-hit areas after intense storms and tornadoes swept through Illinois. The National Weather Service says the tornado that hit Washington had a preliminary rating of EF-4, meaning wind speeds of 170 mph to 190 mph.

INA, Ill. – If you had told Trish Reed during her years in Southern … [Continue Reading]

Trish Reed, 2013 Rend Lake College Alumnus of the Year

INA, Ill. – Rend Lake College alums from near and far gathered Saturday … [Continue Reading]

Former Rend Lake College Coach Mitch Haskins stood next to the National Championship trophy Saturday night to speak during the Men's Basketball Alumni Dinner, held at the Rend Lake Resort. Haskins was the head coach for the team from 1981 until 1992. (ReAnne Palmer / RLC Public Information

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RLC Foundation Annual Dinner rescheduled for Thursday, Dec. 12

December 9, 2013

Just a reminder for an event scheduled for this Thursday, Dec. 12: The Rend Lake College Foundation Annual Dinner will begin with a social hour at 6 p.m. at the Holiday Inn in Mt. Vernon. The dinner and ceremony will begin at 6:30 p.m. During the event, the 2013 Alumnus of the Year Trish Reed […]

RLC Culinary Arts to feature “A Celebration of Southern Illinois Cuisine”

December 9, 2013

INA, Ill. (Dec. 4, 2013) – It’s your turn to make a special holiday dinner for your friends and family. The kitchen is full-stocked and you want to make something to impress your guests. What favorite recipe do you reach for?

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Our Universities: Trust is a Two-Way Street

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Chaffee College, a California community college, recently dismissed adjunct faculty member and at-will employee Stefan Veldhuis a few hours before his scheduled class meeting, according to a post in Inside HigherEd by Colleen Flaherty last week. Veldhuis claims he was a whistleblower in reporting inappropriate sexual activity and subsequently charged with inappropriate sexual activity himself. Retaliation? Who knows?

Ruling points at coal plants’ unsteady future

November 25, 2013 By Leave a Comment

CHICAGO — The Illinois Pollution Control Board will decide this week whether to give a Houston company extra time to install pollution controls at five Illinois coal-fired power plants that it doesn’t even own yet, a scenario that underscores the uncertainty facing an industry squeezed by environmental regulations and competition from natural gas.

Individual health care plan cancellations further test Obamacare

October 30, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Move over, website woes. Lawmakers confronted the Obama administration Tuesday with a difficult new health care problem — a wave of cancellation notices hitting individuals and small businesses who buy their own insurance.

Obituary – Paula Fay (Furlow) Hopkins – Benton

December 9, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Paula Fay (Furlow) Hopkins, 72, of Benton, Ill., died on Dec. 6, 2013 at Benton Rehab and Healthcare, in Benton.

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Warriors Basketball: RLC takes road win over Lincoln

  LINCOLN, Ill. (Dec. 9, 2013) – The Rend Lake College Warriors and the Lincoln College Lynx played a close game Sunday afternoon, but the Warriors came out on top with an 85-82 win in Lincoln.Outscoring the Lynx in the first half 40-32, the Warriors were led by Cortez Macklin (Louisville, Ky.), Brandon Johnson (East […]

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Staten Island native Mike Balogun developing into 3-point threat

By Tom Weber SIUSalukis.com CARBONDALE, Ill. - Saluki junior guard Mike Balogun has been fascinated with the game of basketball ever since he was a toddler growing up in Staten Island, N.Y. He had a Fisher-Price hoop in his room and idolized Michael Jordan. “My mother said I couldn’t take my eyes off the television when a basketball […]

Benton wrestlers drop Ohio Division match to Herrin

December 9, 2013

Benton dropped a SIRR Ohio Division match against Herrin in recent action.

Anthony Beane scores two of his 20 points.

Western Kentucky tops Saluki Men’s Basketball, 69-60

December 9, 2013

By Tom Weber SIUSalukis.com Final Stats |  Photo Gallery  CARBONDALE, Ill. - Western Kentucky snapped an eight-game non-conference road losing streak with a 69-60 win over Southern Illinois on Saturday. Brandon Harris scored a career-high 30 points to lead the Hilltoppers (5-3), whose last road victory over a non-conference foe was, ironically, exactly two years ago at SIU. […]

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RLC Foundation Annual Dinner rescheduled for Thursday, Dec. 12

December 9, 2013

Just a reminder for an event scheduled for this Thursday, Dec. 12: The Rend Lake College Foundation Annual Dinner will begin with a social hour at 6 p.m. at the Holiday Inn in Mt. Vernon. The dinner and ceremony will begin at 6:30 p.m. During the event, the 2013 Alumnus of the Year Trish Reed […]

Benton police arrest Galatia man on aggravated assault and other charges

December 2, 2013

Staff Report A 23-year-old Galatia man is in Franklin County Jail and facing a variety of charges after an incident in the parking lot of a Benton fast food restaurant. Sean K. Robinson was taken into custody by Benton police following a report of an aggravated assault at 637 West Main Street, in Benton. Robinson […]

Pension ‘fix’ vote on horizon: Legislature to reconvene Tuesday

December 2, 2013

CHICAGO— For years, Illinois’ multibillion-dollar pension crisis has dragged down the state’s finances and jeopardized the retirement funds of hundreds of thousands of public employees. Yet lawmakers remained sharply divided on how to fix the problem.

RLC, Jefferson County Health Dept. offering help to sign up for Affordable Care Act

November 26, 2013

MT. VERNON, Ill.– The Jefferson County Health Department is hosting a workshop at the Rend Lake College MarketPlace in Mt. Vernon aimed at enabling uninsured local residents to sign up for insurance as required by the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

State police announce special holiday operations

November 26, 2013

The Illinois State Police has announced it is gearing up for the holiday travel period beginning today and lasting through the New Year.

Authorities believe fatal Hamilton County crash might have been caused by ‘hill-jumping’

November 26, 2013

Five people were killed, including four from Collinsville, in a weekend crash in an area known as “Thrill Hills” in Hamilton County, near the Indiana border.