Carbondale Quality Inn reopens
CARBONDALE, Ill. (WJPF) — Carbondale’s Quality Inn has been given the green light by city officials to resume operations. The hotel’s license was pulled by the city on March 30 for unsafe conditions. Multiple incidents involving illegal
One arrested after shots fired at Carbondale residence
CARBONDALE, Ill. (WJPF) — A Carbondale man has been arrested for firing shots at a home in Carbondale. According to Carbondale Police, Thomas Hudson, 56, fired the shots at about 2:50 p.m. Monday at a home in
IL Attorney General’s computer network compromised
CHICAGO, Ill. (WJPF) — Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul says his office’s computer network has been compromised. Raoul announced the breach Tuesday saying that it was detected early Saturday morning and that information technology staff and investigators
Illinois COVID-19 hospitalizations double in one month
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WJPF) — The number of Illinois residents in the hospital with COVID-19 has doubled from one month ago. According to IDPH, 2,028 Illinoisans are currently hospitalized with symptoms of the virus, with 466 of them
Illinois lawmakers looking at changing Illinois biometric privacy law
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (IRN) — Illinois lawmakers are looking at ways to change their state’s biometric privacy law after complaints from businesses and hundreds of lawsuits. Members of the Senate Judiciary’s subcommittee on privacy met Monday to hear
Illinois public lands are now open for the spring season for wild turkey hunting
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (IRN) — Wild turkey hunting season in Illinois is underway through May 4, and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources said public lands are open for hunting. Luke Garver, Illinois’ wild turkey project manager at
2 sentenced to prison for murder of Illinois congressman’s grandson
CHICAGO (AP) — Two people found guilty in the 2016 shooting death of the grandson of U.S. Rep. Danny Davis were each given 30-year prison sentences Tuesday by a Cook County judge. Tariq Harris was 16 and
Man charged with making violent threats against US judge
CHICAGO (AP) — A southern Illinois man is accused in U.S. District Court of threatening the life of a federal judge in Chicago, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday. Joshua Farner, 35, of Marion is facing two counts of
Dogs banned from Chicago firehouses after fatal attack
CHICAGO (AP) — Dogs have been banned from Chicago firehouses after one ran free, fatally attacking a family dog that was being walked near the station, officials said Tuesday. The Chicago Fire Department says an overhead door