Do you live in Southern Illinois? Maybe you have a business or other interest in the area, or you are planning to move to or a vacation in the area in the near future? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, then you might be interested in a web site that has been designed to keep its visitors up to date on everything that is going on in the southern Illinois area. The web site is called www.thesouthern.com and is full of the information that you would expect to receive from a local newspaper, but it also comes with multimedia video features and regularly updated news and photo features. The web site is well organized and contains news, weather and sports reports for the area and the nation. The menu is easy to navigate and also includes a life style section, an interactive page, obituaries, a job section and extensive home, auto, service and classified advertising.