Grand Tower power plant abruptly shuts down

FILE – Grand Tower Energy Center in 2015 | Courtesy: Markkaempfer via Wikimedia Commons GRAND TOWER, Ill. (WJPF) — Grand Tower’s natural gas power-plant has shut down until further notice. Rockland Capital, a Texas-based company that manages

Jackson County Board passes COVID-19 enforcement rules

MURPHYSBORO, Ill. (WJPF) — The Jackson County Board has approved a resolution that gives the county health department the ability to enforce COVID-19 restrictions. The new rule, which allows the health department to issue fines for every

Ohio man who claimed to be missing Illinois boy sentenced to 2 years

CINCINNATI (AP) — A federal judge Tuesday sentenced an apologetic Ohio man to two years behind bars and one year of probation for falsely claiming to be a long-missing Illinois child. Brian Michael Rini, now 25, said

Bloomington donating virus fines to help families during holidays

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) — A central Illinois city will give nearly $5,000 in coronavirus fines to a school district to help needy students and families. “What better way to help this community than to find a way