Robbyn DeSpain

Physics professors and students at some of our Heartland institutions are naturally drawn to the sitcom.

The stops included Perryville, Marble Hill, Fredericktown, and Farmington.

A Sikeston, Missouri family is $100,000 richer.

Millions of Americans suffer from migraines, and it’s not just the pounding headaches that can make them unbearable.

Southeast Missouri State University’s MBA Program is ranked among the nation’s outstanding business schools by The Princeton Review.

A total of 358 students graduated from Poplar Bluff High School on Thursday, May 24, at the Black River Coliseum. It's the most graduates since 1980 topping last year's distinction.

You probably know about the big deals and freebies on Veterans Day, Memorial Day, and Fourth of July. But you don't have to look far to find deals year-round for our servicemen and women.

Three graduate students are currently attending Murray State University as Fulbright scholars, a prestigious opportunity in academia for high-achieving students with demonstrated leadership abilities.

Heartland News has confirmed the Dexter, Missouri Police Chief Sammy Stone is on paid administrative leave.

A total of 2,638 containers of peanut butter plus hundreds of jars of jelly and boxes of crackers were collected from dozens of businesses and organizations throughout the month of February.

Two district employees who work together to enhance student engagement received regional recognition in the field of educational technology integration at Poplar Bluff Schools.

A 9-year-old Eugene Field Elementary student was selected to introduce the keynote speaker at a regional conference in front of 600 educators.  "If I can speak in front of this school, I can speak in front of everybody," Makayla exclaimed.

Prospective students and their parents are invited to attend Show Me Day on Saturday, Feb. 17, and Monday, Feb. 19, on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University. A Diversity and Inclusion Showcase is planned during the Feb. 19 event.

The 81st Annual Campus Lights, a long-standing Murray State University tradition, will take place Jan. 19–20 at 7 p.m. as well as Jan. 21 at 2:30 p.m. in Lovett Auditorium. Campus Lights is the longest-running musical that is entirely produced and performed by students in the south.

The Chicago Bears have hired Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy as their new head coach, hoping he can help lift a floundering NFL franchise emerge from one of its worst runs in history.

Three specialized training sessions for surface and underground miners are set for January 2018 at Rend Lake College.

The Ferry connects KY 1354 at Hickman, Kentucky to Missouri Route A and Route 77 near Dorena, Missouri.

A search is underway for a suspect in an armed robbery in Carbondale. It happened just before 9:00 Saturday night at the Dollar General located at 2160 W. Ramada Lane.

Alex Smith threw for 231 yards and two touchdowns, Kareem Hunt ran for 155 yards and a score, and the Kansas City Chiefs routed the turnover-prone Los Angeles Chargers 30-13 on Saturday night to seize control of the AFC West.

A student-led effort at Lake Road is aimed at reducing the elementary school's carbon footprint. Students volunteer during breakfast and lunch to separate out food, liquid, plastic and cardboard in recycling bins supplied by Chartwells School Dining Services.

The Marine Corps League Toys For Tots program is holding a 24 hour toy collecting marathon at the Osage Centre. The goal is to collect toys for the needy children in the community and present them as gifts for Christmas.

Students of the Poplar Bluff Middle School STEM class have been designing new products out of broken toys in an activity instructors are calling Santa's Workshop.

Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner is preparing to welcome home National Guard soldiers deployed to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. They have been providing security, escort relief convoys, and conducting law-enforcement patrols on the island.

Items up for auction at the Fall 2017 Unclaimed Property Auction include coins, jewelry, stamps, sports memorabilia and a variety of other items.

Don't drink and drive. That's the warning from Union County Sheriff Scott Harvel and Union County State's Attorney Tyler R. Edmunds.  Beginning with the night before Thanksgiving, the long holiday weekend is statistically the most deadly holiday on the nation's highways.

A total of 43 students from 11 high schools in Kentucky, Illinois, and Tennessee recently participated in Murray State University's 47th annual High School Chemistry Scholarship Tournament. The annual event held November 9 was sponsored by the department of chemistry at Murray State in conjunction with student members of the American Chemical Society and Fisher Scientific.

Most students and parents have an expectation of homework, but how much homework should students have each night, and should their age factor into that?

It's a widely debated topic: how much homework is too much? Parents and students have their opinions and so do school leaders.

Following a guest lecture about forensic odontology on Wednesday, Oct. 25, at Poplar Bluff High School, local dentist Dr. Eric Blaich took the opportunity to provide career advice to students. "Do something you like, don't go for money."

Murray State University Career Services hosted a two-day career fair Oct. 10–11 that provided students, faculty and alumni the unique opportunity to meet one-on-one with potential employers.

On Friday, Oct. 27, the walls of Lovett Auditorium at Murray State University will resonate with sounds of the big band era during the third annual Swingin' Memories Homecoming Dance. It features the award-winning Murray State University Jazz Orchestra directed by Todd E. Hill, professor of music and director of jazz studies.

Southern Illinois University Carbondale is getting ready for Homecoming 2017 weekend.

The Bollinger County Museum of Natural History in Marble Hill, Missouri will celebrate International Archaeology Day on Saturday, Oct. 21 from noon to 4 p.m.

A McCracken County High School senior achieved something less than 1% of those taking the ACT test accomplish.

Homecoming 2017 will take on a pirate theme at the University of Tennessee at Martin, Oct. 2-7, as the Skyhawks prepare to face Murray State.

One second was all it took for 50 Olive Garden fans to claim the first-ever Pasta Passport to Italy. Two of those winners are in the Paducah area.

Murray State University is preparing to welcome students and their families to campus for Family Weekend, an annual event that allows students to share their college experience with family members and loved ones.

Baptist Health Paducah has named Roy Lowdenback as vice president of Business Development.  Lowdenback joined Baptist Health in 2014 as the Director of the Foundation and after two years of service, he was named executive director of advancement for Baptist Health Foundation Paducah in 2016.

R.M. Kinder, novelist and short story author, will deliver a public reading from 7-8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 7, in Crisp Hall Room 125.

The Southern Illinois Beef Association is hosting a Beef Field Day and Open House on Saturday, September 16 from 3:00 to 8:00 PM. The event will be held at Slykhuis Farms located at 985 Mings Road, Raleigh, IL.

Justin Chilton, 18, of Van Buren, has won a $500 Missouri Pacific Boosters Award to help pursue his law enforcement studies at Three Rivers College. The award fund is administered by the Three Rivers Community College Foundation.

Eighty-nine students from McCracken County High School have earned AP Scholar Awards. The awards are in recognition of their exceptional achievement on Advance Placement (AP) Exams for the 2016-2017 school year.

U.S. Air Force Airman Dakota J. Maddox graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.

A new online bachelor's degree option from the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice offers students the opportunity to earn a Southern Illinois University Carbondale degree from anywhere.

The American Red Cross is facing a critical blood shortage and is issuing an emergency call for eligible blood and platelet donors.

Independence Day and fireworks go hand in hand, but fireworks shouldn't go in consumers' hands. That's the message the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) is reinforcing this Fourth of July.

The City of Carbondale is working with North Star Destination Strategies Inc. to develop a community-wide brand for Carbondale. But, the city needs help from residents to determine how to best communicate what makes the community so special.

Temperatures are on the rise this week and KSP is warning parents not to leave a child alone in a hot car. It may seem like common sense, but every year law enforcement agencies answer calls about unattended children in vehicles.

Edwardsville resident Carmen Kruschik scratched a $10 Million Payout ticket and instantly won a top prize of $250,000.

A free two-day household chemical collection will be held at the SIUC Arena. This event helps residents safely dispose of old and unwanted household chemicals.