Severin-sponsored legislation aims to alleviate staffing issues at Franklin County Juvenile Detention Center

BENTON, Ill. (WJPF) – Legislation with the goal of hiring more correctional officers at the Franklin County Juvenile Detention Center has passed the Illinois House. The bill, sponsored by State Representative Dave Severin, allows officials at the

Marion Police release photos of suspect, vehicle used in Monday bank robbery

  MARION, Ill. (WJPF) – Marion Police have released photos of the suspect and the getaway vehicle used in the robbery Monday of a People’s National Bank branch. The vehicle is a tan, single cab, older model

Jackson County man killed in Metro East crash

  COLLINSVILLE, Ill. (WJPF) – A Jackson County man was killed Wednesday in a single vehicle crash in the Metro East. Illinois State Police say Jason Mayes, 47, of Ava was driving on Interstate 55 near Collinsville

Experts: Central U.S. needs to be ready for next earthquake

  By JIM SALTER for the Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Experts have warned for decades that a large swath of the central U.S. is at high risk for a devastating earthquake. They know that overcoming

Illinois Supreme Court won’t order sentence in sex assault

  QUINCY, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Supreme Court has declined to order a western Illinois judge to impose a sentence in a sexual assault case after he threw out the conviction at the sentencing hearing. The

Airport ‘serial stowaway’ pleads guilty, gets 3-plus years

  CHICAGO (AP) — A 70-year-old woman with a history of slipping past security at airports and sneaking onto flights was sentenced on Thursday to more than three years in prison for trespassing at Chicago’s O’Hare International

2 Chicago officers wounded in shooting, suspect caught

  CHICAGO (AP) — Two Chicago police officers were shot and wounded early Friday by a gunman who dropped a handgun while waiting in line at a restaurant with one of the officers, picked it up and