Public Safety

Leaders say it will improve safety for patients, visitors, and staff

Emergency personnel and safety experts say it could save your life

Kwame Raoul says parents need to check several things

The City hopes to restore verified-clean water by the weekend but encourage all customers to prepare for a longer water advisory.

September and October are the peak months for fires in student housing according to the National Fire Protection Association. The state fire marshal, the Carbondale Fire Department and SIU urge all students and everyone else to create and practice a fire safety plan that includes knowing two ways out of every room.

Challenges ban on assault weapons, high-capacity magazines

Agency reports drug cartels are changing strategy to target young people

The county will be pursuing harsher fines.

Items will be collected this Wednesday, Aug. 3 from 8:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. in the McCracken County Courthouse parking lot.

More than a dozen first responder agencies participated in a training exercise Tuesday.