Zanotti won’t prosecute under proposed assault weapons ban

(By Cole Lauterbach for the Illinois Radio Network) Even if lawmakers pass a bill that bans assault weapons in Illinois, a state’s attorney in southern Illinois says he won’t enforce it. Williamson County State’s Attorney Brandon Zanotti

Cave-In-Rock Ferry temporarily closed

CAVE-IN-ROCK, IL. (WJPF) – The Cave-In-Rock Ferry has temporarily closed due to high flood water. The closing adds about a 90 minute detour for drivers who usually take the ferry to cross the Ohio River. Transportation officials

Three-year-old found wandering without clothes near Cambria

CAMBRIA, IL. (WJPF) – A three-year-old is said to be doing OK after the child was found wandering without clothes in Williamson County. Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched around 7:00 AM Tuesday to an open field near Cambria.

Illinois House hears $15 minimum wage plan

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – A House committee plans to hear Democrats’ plans to increase the Illinois minimum wage to $15 over six years. The Labor and Commerce Committee has scheduled a Wednesday afternoon hearing on Chicago Democratic

Illinois farmland once owned by Lincoln sells for $300,000

CHARLESTON, Ill. (AP) – A plot of Illinois farmland that President Abraham Lincoln once owned has sold at auction for $300,000. A retired farmer in the central Illinois city of Charleston sold his family’s 590-acre farm, which

Proceedings to begin Wednesday in Illinois eye-gouging case

PINCKNEYVILLE, Ill. (AP) – The jury has been selected in the trial of a southern Illinois man accused of gouging and clawing another man’s eyes. Allen Fisher of Swanwick is charged with two counts of aggravated battery