MAKANDA, Ill. — A smile hangs in the skies above the Village of Makanda, Illinois. The town of just more than 500 people south of Carbondale has been greeted every day by a sky-scraping, yellow smiley ...

In a cosmic coincidence, the southern Illinois village of Makanda is preparing for yet another total solar eclipse. The town of roughly 600 people sits right at the intersection of where the path of ...

MAKANDA, Ill. (KFVS) - An event to support a Heartland animal rescue is set to take place the weekend before Thanksgiving. Finding Forever Animal Rescue’s third Whiskers and Wine event returns on ...

MAKANDA, Ill. -- A program designed to teach children lifelong skills is coming up in southern Illinois this summer. This community supported program is called the Team Illinois Youth Police Camp.

MAKANDA, Ill. -- Dave Dardis has been working on his masterpiece since 1975. From a distance, the sculpture, which stands roughly 6 feet high, appears to be a double helix of tarnished copper rising ...

MAKANDA, Ill (WSIL) — Southern Illinois families can mark their calendars for a day of thrills, chills, and autumn cheer as Haunted Hollow returns to the Touch of Nature Outdoor Education Center on ...

Age 72, of Makanda, IL, passed away early Tuesday, June 6, 2017,surrounded by his family, after battling a long illness. Butch was born into a large Italian family in Chicago Heights, IL, on May 7, ...

9/19/65 ~ 12/15/15 Beth A. Rogers of Makanda, IL, (formerly of Downers Grove and Darien), has passed away following an accident while in Florida with her husband Lonnie. She lived in Darien as a ...