Just months after winning a minor league baseball logo contest on CNBC.com, the Southern Illinois Miners' chief mascot has helped the team sell almost $90,000 in merchandise in the first quarter ...

The term "mascot" entered the English language in 1880 and was used to represent any animal, person or object that brings good luck.

Well, the Southern Illinois Miners are slugging it out tonight in ... You don't want to miss Julia dressing up as the canary mascot! The suspects in a deadly police shooting have been killed ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. River City Rascals starting pitcher Don Lisi pitched seven strong innings and allowed just one run, three hits and two walks ...

MARION, Ill. (KFVS) - The longtime owners of the Southern Illinois Miners announced they are retiring and 2021 was the last season the team will be playing in Marion. The announcement was posted ...

MARION (WSIL)– The Southern Illinois Miners returned from a five-game road trip, opening a six-game home-stand with a win over River City. The Miners scored six runs in the opening three innings ...

FREEBURG, Ill. (AP) — Athletes at a southern Illinois high school will keep the nickname Freeburg Midgets, despite the objections of a group representing people with dwarfism who find the name ...

According to the school, Southern Illinois students wanted a "more imaginative mascot" than Maroons in the late 1940s, so there was a student vote for the school's mascot in March 1951.

After years of lobbying Congress, thousands of retired coal miners and widows found ... Mine Workers of America retirees in Illinois, most of whom live in southern Illinois, and about 100,000 ...

HERRIN -- Nearly a century after literally burying its violent past, a southern Illinois community is belatedly ... Herrin Massacre -- three union coal miners on strike and 20 replacement workers ...

Nearly a century after literally burying its violent past, a southern Illinois community is belatedly ... the Herrin Massacre — three union coal miners on strike and 20 replacement workers ...

LIVELY GROVE, Ill. (AP) — A new southern Illinois power plant nearing its expected December startup is looking to hire dozens of new coal miners to help supply it. The Belleville News-Democrat ...