Now some local groups are calling on Congressman Mike Bost for help. Twenty nine Southern Illinois community stakeholders ...

Local organizations, businesses and community leaders signed a letter to Congressman Mike Bost, urging him to oppose cuts to ...

Southern Illinois' "Snake Road" is closing earlier than usual this year, according to officials with the Sawnee National Forest. The reason? Warmer weather. Officially, the road is classified as ...

According to the Shawnee National Forest, wildland firefighters are conducting a prescribed fire inside the Pounds Hollow Campground loop on Monday, March 3. The forest service said the total burn ...

Shawnee National Forest fire staff and partners plan to conduct prescribed fires this spring, weather permitting, to approximately 19,650 acres in seven counties.

In the early 1970s the Forest Service began closing Snake Road for three weeks in spring and fall to protect the migrating creatures, Sue Hirsch, a public affairs specialist at Shawnee National ...