The state-run IRNA media outlet reported that the aircraft carrying Raisi and other senior officials went down as the president returned from an event on the border with Azerbaijan.
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Eligible families can receive $120 per child for groceries in summer
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OSF HealthCare has reopened the bankrupt former Saint Margaret's hospital in Peru, but the impact that may have on another Illinois Valley community is sparking new concerns.
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Local journalism measures have evolved, shrunk since beginning of session
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A study found the decreased risk for heart disease and diabetes continued despite regaining some pounds you lost.
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The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation recently became the first federally recognized tribal nation in the state. The government illegally sold the land from under Chief Shab-eh-nay around 1850.
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Zanotti pleaded guilty in March of this year to one felony count of aiding and abetting the making of a false bank entry.
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Bryan Myers Jr. of Cobden, was killed in action while his unit was in South Korea.
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Police learned the incident was the result of an ongoing dispute between known acquaintances.
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All entrepreneurs are under the age of 18 and are working on growing their businesses in southern Illinois.
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Journey back Inside The Blanket Fort as we honor National Military Appreciation Month and dive into some of SIU Press’s excellent military history titles.
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Since the pandemic, chronic absenteeism in the nation's K-12 schools has skyrocketed. These teens are working to get their attendance back on track.
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At the height of the racial reckoning, a school district in Virginia voted to rename two schools that had been previously named for Confederate generals. This month, that decision was reversed.
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Students arrested at Columbia University and the City College of New York spoke with NPR about their choice to risk legal and academic consequences.
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Ian Roberts has competed in some of the most high-profile races in the world. But his biggest competition to date was a determined fifth-grader in jean shorts and Nike tennis shoes.
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Meanwhile, Maryland's governor signs a bill to address the surge of conversion devices, including Glock switches, that bypass a pistol's trigger mechanism, allowing the weapon to fire fully automatic.
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As the Houston area works to clean up and restore power to thousands after deadly storms, it will do so under a smog warning and as all of southern Texas starts to feel the heat.
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Before kicking off a three-day visit to Madrid, Argentina's libertarian President Javier Milei stirred controversy, accusing the socialist government of bringing "poverty and death" to Spain.