Illinois Capitol rotunda includes Satanic Temple display
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A display from a Satanic Temple has been placed in the Illinois Statehouse alongside a Nativity scene to mark Christmas and a menorah for Hanukkah. The State Journal-Register reports that the display from
No injuries reported in train vs. car collision
MAKANDA, IL. (WJPF) – No injuries were reported in a crash involving an SUV and a train in Jackson County. It happened around 5:45 PM Friday on Makanda Road in Makanda. Sheriff’s Deputies say that 61-year-old Julie
Hurst man sentenced to five years for firearm crime
WILLIAMSON COUNTY, IL. (WJPF) — A Hurst man has been sentenced to five years in state prison, the consequence of violating his original probationary sentence on a firearm charge. 22-year-old Gage McKnight was originally charged in 2015
Fowler named to Prtizker transition team
CHICAGO, IL. (WJPF) – Republican State Senator Dale Fowler has been named a member of Governor-elect JB Pritzker’s Job Creation and Economic Opportunity transition team. The thirty-seven member committee is made up of elected officials, like Fowler,
Illinois looks to its past, future amid 200th birthday party
CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker says the state’s best days are ahead as he helped celebrate Illinois’ 200th birthday at a gala celebration in Chicago. The Illinois Bicentennial party took place Monday night at Navy
$19M in Volkswagen deal to purchase cleaner transit engines
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois officials have allocated the first grants to buy cleaner-burning engines from an emissions lawsuit settlement Volkswagen reached with federal officials. The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday that $19 million will
Salvation Army kettles collect gold coins in Chicago area
CHICAGO (AP) – The Salvation Army says it already has collected several gold coins in the Chicago area. The Salvation Army said in a statement that a “Gold Eagle” coin, worth about $1,200, was deposited by an
Weekend outbreak sets Illinois record: 23 December tornadoes
LINCOLN, Ill. (AP) – The National Weather Service says at least 23 tornadoes touched down Saturday in Illinois, making the outbreak the state’s largest on record for December. Meteorologist Dan Smith with the weather service’s Lincoln, Illinois,
Fire destroys home of Illinois mayor
ALORTON, Ill. (AP) – Authorities in the southern Illinois community of Alorton say an early morning fire has destroyed the home of the town’s mayor. Alorton’s director of code enforcement, Anthony LeFlore, says authorities believe someone threw
Trump to visit Missouri for conference on crime
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – President Donald Trump is set to visit Missouri for a conference on crime. According to the White House, Trump will speak Friday at the 2018 Project Safe Neighborhoods National Conference in Kansas