college transfer and career education programs. SIC was founded in 1960. Other nearby local colleges and universities are Southern Illinois University campus at Carbondale John A. Logan College, at Carterville;Rend Lake College, at Ina; Eastern Illinois University, at Charleston, Shawnee Community College at Ullin, and the University of Evansville, at Evansville, Indiana. Popular culture The Good Wife – Season 3, Episode 21 – "The Penalty Box". Character Judge Murphy Wicks, played by actor Stephen Root, lived in Harrisburg, the Gateway to the Shawnee National Forest. Notable people Charlie Birger, notorious gangster John E. Bradley, state representative Danny Fife, MLB pitcher for the Minnesota Twins James D. Fowler. state representative Virginia Gregg, actress, born in Harrisburg (1916), known as the voice of Norman Bates' mother in Psycho Chuck Hunsinger, running back for the Chicago Bears and the Montreal Alouettes; known for fumbling a ball in the 42nd Grey Cup John H. Pickering, founding partner of the law firm Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering Mason Ramsey, Walmart Yodeling Kid General Green Berry Raum, Civil War general, and president of the Cairo and Vincennes Railroad John Romonosky, 1950s baseball player, St. Louis Cardinals and Washington Senators Dale Swann, character actor born in the Harrisburg H. B. Tanner, state representative and businessman. Oral P. Tuttle, Illinois, state senator and lawyer Henry Turner, physician who first described Turner syndrome Stanley B. Weaver. Illinois state legislator and funeral director, was born in Harrisburg. See also Coal-mining region History of coal mining in the United States List of coalfields Mill town Rust Belt References External links Saline County Chamber of Commerce Southeastern Illinois Regional Planning and Development Council Harrisburg Official Website Cities in Illinois Cities in Saline County, Illinois County seats in Illinois Mining communities in Illinois Populated places established in 1847 1847 establishments in Illinois