Guns, body armor, drugs seized by Marion police
MARION, Ill. (WJPF) – Multiple guns, along with body armor, ammunition, illegal drugs, and cash were all found at a home in Marion. The items were found Monday when the Marion Police Department’s Narcotics Unit carried
Victim in Jefferson County boating accident identified
BELLE RIVE, Ill. (WJPF) – The victim of a weekend boating accident in Jefferson County has been identified. James Likens, 66, died Sunday when the small boat he was in capsized on a remote pond in
19 indicted on meth charges in Franklin County
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ill. (WJPF) – If you’re dealing meth in Franklin County, sleep with one eye open. That’s the message from Franklin County State’s Attorney Abby Dinn after 19 people were recently indicted on a total
9th candle factory worker dies; Kentucky toy drive a success
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A worker injured in the destruction of a Kentucky candle factory hit by a tornado has died, raising the total killed in the facility to nine. The worker was hospitalized and recently succumbed
U-Illinois to briefly go online in January as virus heats up
URBANA, Ill. (AP) — The University of Illinois will temporarily switch to remote learning in January before opening classrooms to students. Students and staff in Chicago and Champaign-Urbana will need to show negative COVID-19 tests, the
Dec. 15 storms across north-central US classified as derecho
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A line of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes that swept across the north-central U.S. last week was the result of a serial derecho — the first on record in December, officials with the National