AURORA, Ill. (AP) – A suburban Chicago police department is testing a new device that restrains suspects by shooting a Kevlar rope that wraps...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois Legislative Ethics Commission has chosen a permanent inspector general to investigate complaints against lawmakers. Former prosecutor and circuit...

FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) – Southwestern Illinois fire officials have rescued a man who fell into a cistern and was stuck neck-deep in its...

CHICAGO (AP) – Chicago police say two officers likely didn’t see or hear a train that fatally struck them as they pursued a suspect...

QUINCY, Ill. (AP) – State officials are ready to display the final master plan for redevelopment of the Illinois Veterans’ Home in Quincy. The...

SESSER, IL. (WJPF) – For the second time in under a week, a pedestrian has been hit by a train. The latest accident happened...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO. (WJPF) — A Cape Girardeau man has pleaded guilty to arson charges. Prosecutors say he tried to burn down a waterpark....

UNION COUNTY, IL. (WJPF) – A Cobden man will spend the next six years in state prison on vehicle theft charges. 27-year-old Joshua Hornback...

CARBONDALE, IL. (WJPF) – Carbondale Mayor Mike Henry will deliver the annual State of the City Address Tuesday. It will be part of the...

CHICAGO (AP) – Chicago police say two officers investigating a shots-fired call on the city’s far South Side have died after being struck by...