Franklin County authorities received a grant earlier this week that will allow the sheriff’s office to purchase a bite suit to be incorporated into...

Sheriff’s deputies, along with multiple fire departments, responded to a structure fire late Friday night in Elkville. A Jackson County Sheriff’s Department news release...

RANDOLPH COUNTY, IL. (WJPF) – Three Randolph County buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2018. A release from the...

SPARTA, IL. (WJPF) – Heavy rain that saturated the ground is believed to be the cause of a train derailment in Sparta Thursday morning....

EWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) – A southern Illinois woman who pleaded guilty to stealing money from her grandmother has been handed a four-year prison sentence....

CHICAGO (AP) – A Chicago apartment building where 10 children died in a fire last summer will be demolished. The Chicago Tribune reports attorneys...

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Missouri environmental regulators say the early estimate is that about 43 barrels, or 1,800 gallons (6,814 liters) of oil leaked...

CHICAGO (AP) – Prosecutors are building a case based partly on a bloody handprint and the responses of a cadaver-sniffing dog that a former...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois Senate has approved increasing the state’s minimum wage to $15/a over six years. The Democratic-controlled Senate voted 39-18...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker has named an Air Force officer to lead the Illinois National Guard. The Democratic governor announced Wednesday...