MURPHYSBORO, Ill. (WJPF) — A Carbondale man has been found guilty of weapons charges. 32-year-old Dennis Higgins was convicted of Aggravated Unlawful Use of...

COULTERVILLE, Ill. (WJPF) — A Coulterville man has been sentenced to over five years in prison for trading stolen guns for illegal drugs. Prosecutors...

STEELEVILLE, Ill. (WJPF) — A Steeleville man will spend the next ten years behind bars on gun and drug charges. 34-year-old Kyle Inselmann pleaded...

HERRIN, Ill. (WJPF) — A big policy change happening at the Herrin water Department. The city announced Tuesday that they will no longer be...

LISLE, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say investigators found a message on the wall of a condominium belonging to a woman who fatally shot a...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WJPF) — A graduate of SIU-Carbondale has been appointed by Governor JB Pritzker to the Illinois Employment Security Board. Pat Devaney is...

CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker says there are no plans to suspend Illinois’ automatic voter registration program as election officials work to contain...

CHICAGO (AP) — The U.S. attorney’s office in Chicago has filed bribery and tax charges against a former Illinois state senator and longtime chairman...

CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities in Chicago have learned a traveler’s unwanted marijuana is someone else’s illegally obtained treasure. Chicago police say weed was stolen...

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) — An East St. Louis elected official barred from the ballot because he owes election officials more than $150,000...