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Hardin County’s Jake Vaughn To Play Basketball For Falcons

Story by Sam Swimford, Athletic Operations Coordinator at SIC.  The Greater Egyptian Conference MVP has decided to continue his career at Southeastern Illinois College. Hardin County product, Jake Vaughn, who scored more than 1,000 points for the Cougars from 2018-2022, has signed with the Falcons for...
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Hardin County To Purchase Work Camp

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Senate has approved a plan to sell a shuttered prison work camp to local officials.The Hardin County Work Camp in Cave in Rock once held 200 minimum-security prisoners. It was closed in August 2015 for budgetary reasons.The Senate...
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Phelps Leads Bi-partisan Effort to Reopen Hardin County Work Camp

SPIRNGFIELD, Ill. – The Hardin County Work Camp is one step closer to reopening after state Rep. Brandon Phelps, D-Harrisburg, passed legislation out of the House of Representatives Tuesday requiring that the camp remain open.“The Hardin County Work Camp is so vital to Southern...

Phelps Bill to Reopen Hardin Work Camp Advances in Springfield

Legislation sponsored by state Rep. Brandon Phelps, D-Harrisburg, that would reopen the Hardin County Work Camp that was closed by Governor Bruce Rauner, is one step closer to becoming law after advancing through the Appropriations-Public Safety Committee this week in Springfield. “The governor...