Perry County Board Chairman James “Jim” Epplin announced his resignation during a special budget meeting Monday after more than a decade of service. Epplin...

One person was taken into custody following an early morning shooting Sunday in Carbondale. Around 2 a.m. police were watching people outside the Hollywood...

A 72-year-0ld Murphysboro man has been sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison on child pornography charges. The sentence was handed down to Eric...

JACKSON COUNTY, IL. (WJPF) – A Marion man has been sentenced to three years behind bars on a weapons charge. 29-year-old Travis Taylor was...

CARBONDALE, IL. (WJPF) – Hotels are filling up, restaurants are stocking up in and around Carbondale. It’s graduation weekend for SIU. Nearly 2,600 individuals...

CHICAGO (AP) — Advocates for a transgender inmate who received rare approval from Illinois prison authorities to move from a men’s to a women’s...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The son of a former state legislator has been named to fill an Illinois House vacancy. The (Belleville) News-Democrat reports...

CHRISTOPHER, IL. (WJPF) – Services begin Thursday for Kody Vanfossen, the Christopher firefighter killed in the line of duty Sunday. Visitation will be from...

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — Crews have recovered the body of another victim of an explosion at a northern Illinois silicone plant that left four...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Democratic Illinois comptroller has dedicated a memorial to trailblazing Republican politician Judy Baar Topinka. Susana Mendoza unveiled the small...