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