Ground broken for Walker’s Bluff Casino
WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Ill. (WJPF) — Ground was broken Wednesday on the long-planned Walker’s Bluff Resort and Casino. The new resort is slated to include a 116-room hotel along with a gaming floor, event center, and multiple restaurants,
More lanes planned for Interstate 57
BENTON, Ill. (WJPF) — Another round of construction has been announced for Interstate 57. A $67.6 million project starting next month will expand nine miles of I-57 to six lanes from north of Illinois 149 to
Illinois task force looking at changing ‘qualified immunity’ stalls on recommendations
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (IRN) — A task force with the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority stalled out in trying to advance proposals to the General Assembly on whether people can bring lawsuits against individual police. The ICJIA’s
Preliminary hearing for 3 charged in duck boat accident
GALENA, Mo. (AP) — Three men charged after a tourist boat sank in Missouri during a 2018 storm, killing 17 people, were in court Wednesday for a preliminary hearing to determine if the criminal case against them will
Carbondale home damaged by gunfire
CARBONDALE, Ill. (WJPF) — A home was damaged by gunfire in Tuesday Carbondale. Police were called to the 600 block of North Robert A Stalls Avenue at about 6:35 p.m. No injuries were reported. Witnesses say
One arrested after Carbondale shooting
CARBONDALE, Ill. (WJPF) — One person was arrested after a shooting Wedneday in Carbondale. It happened at about 10:45 a.m. in the 500 block of West College Street. Carbondale Police say Julius Kitt, 22, of Carbondale,