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Winter storm closes schools

One arrested, two at large in Carbondale shooting

Police respond to suicidal person, fire in Elkville

Illinois Treasurer Frerichs serves on central Illinois jury

Retiring US Rep Shimkus to donate official papers to SIUE

GOP state lawmaker applies for Bradley University president

Carbondale resident stops burglary in progress

Former LA police chief named interim in Chicago

Facing lawsuit, DeVos erases student loans for 1,500

West Frankfort man arrested for failing to register as sex offender

Most Southern Illinois schools closed Tuesday – including the four area junior colleges – as a result of Monday’s winter storm. Road conditions were not good on Tuesday morning. Main roads were mostly clear,

18 hours ago by Robert Thies

One arrested, two at large in Carbondale shooting

CARBONDALE, Ill. (WJPF) — One person has been arrested, two more remain at large in connection to fatal shooting in Carbondale last week. 21-year-old Tyren Johnson was arrested Thursday in Missouri in connection to

2 days ago by Robert Thies

Police respond to suicidal person, fire in Elkville

ELKVILLE, Ill. (WJPF) — Jackson County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a suicidal person in Elkville Saturday. Deputies were dispatched to the corner of Sycamore and Ashley Street around noon after reports of a garage

2 days ago by Robert Thies

Business News

Asian stocks hit by trade confusion and HK unrest
Asian stocks and Wall Street futures fell on Wednesday, as confusing signals over the extent of progress made in U.S.-China trade talks and concern about intensifying unrest in Hong Kong hurt demand for risky assets.
Regulators begin probe into Google-Ascension cloud computing deal: WSJ
A U.S. federal regulator has initiated an investigation into a cloud computing deal between Alphabet Inc's Google and Ascension Health [ASCNH.UL] which would give Google access to detailed health information of millions of patients, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
Automakers expect Trump will delay decision on imposing EU, Japan auto tariffs
Major automakers think U.S. President Donald Trump will again this week push back a self-imposed deadline on whether to put up to 25% tariffs on national security grounds on imported cars and parts from the European Union and Japan amid an ongoing trade war with China, five auto officials told Reuters.

National News

Crowd gathers in central Hong Kong, university campus tense
Police increased security around Hong Kong and its university campuses Wednesday as they braced for more violence after sharp clashes overnight with anti-government protesters. Many subway and rail stations were closed for the morning commute as protesters blocked train doors from closing and vandalized train cars. Police subdued a few protesters as a crowd gathered […]
Ukraine Wants to Set the Record Straight on Taylor Testimony
Carlos Jasso/ReutersWhen Ambassador Bill Taylor testified to congressional Democrats’ closed-door impeachment inquiry, he created huge headaches for the Trump administration by detailing their efforts to push Ukraine to probe former Vice President Joe Biden’s son. But Taylor also made some problems for Ukraine’s president. And now, aides in President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office are going on the […]
Ukrainian energy company tied to Hunter Biden supported American think tank, paid for trips
Burisma gave more than $450,000 to the Atlantic Council, a prominent Washington think tank.

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