IHSA investigates racist insults at game

ELGIN, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois High School Association is investigating claims that students at a high school girls basketball game west of Chicago subjected members of a visiting team to racist and body-shaming chants and slurs.

Illinois governor merges pension funds in cost-cutting move

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed a measure into law consolidating 649 local pension programs for police employees and firefighters, a move designed to bolster investment returns and save overhead costs. The Democrat

Burns convicted of murder, hiding crime

HARRISBURG, Ill. (WJPF) — A Saline County jury has convicted former doctor Brian Burns of murdering his estranged wife. During the trial, prosecutors argued that Brian Burns fatally shot Carla Burns and then burned her body to

Rend Lake fireworks in doubt for 2020

BENTON, Ill. (WJPF) — Christmas is a week away, but some people are already thinking about the Fourth of July. What’s become an annual tradition for many, now may not happen next year. The Benton/West City Chamber