SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker is starting to plan his inaugural festivities. Pritzker and Lt. Gov.-elect Juliana Stratton announced Tuesday they’ve formed...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) – Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder is urging his Illinois counterpart to help pay for a project to keep invasive carp from...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Outgoing Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says the state’s motor-fuel tax should be increased to fund highway and bridge improvements. The...

CAIRO, IL. (WJPF) – Firefighters were on the scene on an overnight fire in Cairo. The structure fire at the corner of 34th Street...

CARBONDALE, IL. (WJPF) – A candidate for Carbondale City Council has dropped out of the race, citing a possible conflict of interest. Greg Knoob...

CARTERVILLE, IL. (WJPF) – Roughly 400 underprivileged area children will now have something under the tree Christmas morning. The Poshard Foundation for Abused Children...

MARION, IL. (WJPF) – A crash involving a car and tractor-trailer snarled traffic in Marion. It happened around 4:00 PM Monday at the intersection...

JOHNSTON CITY, Ill. (AP) – Some residents and environmental groups are fighting a coal company’s plan to discharge waste water from a southern Illinois...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – A 78-year-old central Illinois man who pleaded guilty to charges of sexually exploiting three children will spend the rest of...