Grand Tower awarded $30,000 sewer grant
GRAND TOWER, Ill. (WJPF) — The town of Grand Tower has been awarded a $30,000 grant to help improve their wastewater collection and treatment system. The money is part of Governor JB Pritzker’s Rebuild Illinois Capital
Extended closure of Stotlar Road bridge begins Monday
MARION, Ill. (WJPF) — Stotlar Road in Williamson County will be closed at the I-57 bridge for about a month beginning Monday. The Williamson County Highway Department says I-DOT will be repairing the bridge. The work
Corinne Wood, Illinois’ first female Lt. Governor, dead at 67
CHICAGO, Ill. (WJPF) — Corinne Wood, Illinois’ first female Lieutenant Governor, has died after a long battle with breast cancer. She was 67-year-old. Wood, a Republican, served as Lt. Governor under Governor George Ryan from 1999
Saline County homicide victim ID’d
HARRISBURG, Ill. (WJPF) — Illinois State Police have identified the dead body found May 12 along Route 13 west of Harrisburg. ISP says Doyle Winston III, 42, of Harrisburg was the victim of a homicide. An
Suspect dead, 2 Illinois cops wounded in exchange of gunfire
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Police say a suspect in a domestic disturbance was fatally shot and two central Illinois police officers were wounded, one critically, in an exchange of gunfire. Champaign police say two officers who
Lollapalooza returning this summer to Chicago lakefront park
CHICAGO (AP) — Lollapalooza is returning to Chicago this summer, a year after the coronavirus pandemic forced the cancellation of the music festival that attracts hundreds of thousands of people to a lakefront park, the mayor’s
Americans urged to get colon cancer screening earlier
(AP) — Americans should start getting screened for colon cancer earlier — at age 45 instead of waiting until they’re 50, according to guidelines released Tuesday. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force said it’s time for the
Carbondale Police search for missing man
CARBONDALE, Ill. (WJPF) — Carbondale Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing man. Samuel Washington, 77, was last seen in September 2018. His family is now reporting him as missing. Washington is