Lawmaker loses GOP campaign support amid ‘harassment’ claim

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois House Republicans have ended campaign support for a sitting GOP lawmaker amid allegations of “harassment.” The Chicago Tribune reported Friday that the House Republican Organization cut off financial aid for Rep. Jerry

Bethune murder conviction thrown out

MURPHYSBORO, IL. (WJPF) – A Jackson County judge has thrown out Gaege Bethune’s murder conviction in the 2014 death of Pravin Varughese. Judge Mark Clark vacated Bethune’s first-degree murder conviction Monday on a technicality, saying jurors could

Dead body found in Union County

WOLF LAKE, IL. (WJPF) — Multiple police departments are investigating a dead body found in Union County. The body of a male was found around 11:20am Sunday at 7625 Route 3 North. The death is considered to

Court upholds dismissal of lawsuit against abortion funding

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois appellate court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed to stop a law that’ll expand Medicaid and state-employee group health insurance to cover abortions. A three-judge panel of the Fourth

Sparta man killed in roll-over accident

RANDOLPH COUNTY, IL. (WJPF) — A Sparta man was killed in a single vehicle crash Sunday morning. State Police say it happened around 8:45 am near the north end of the Randolph/Perry County Line Road. Investigators believe