Multiple windows smashed in West Frankfort
WEST FRANKFORT, Ill. (WJPF) – Police in West Frankfort are looking for the person responsible for breaking multiple storefront windows. It happened Thursday, August 25. Most of the damage occurred on Main Street. The windows were
Marion schools placed on soft lockdown Tuesday after shooting threat
MARION, Ill. (WJPF) – Marion Unit 2 School District administrators say the person who made a threat against the district has been identified. The school district was placed on a “soft lockdown” Tuesday after a letter
State: Cook County resident dies of West Nile virus
CHICAGO (AP) — A Cook County resident in their late 70s has died of West Nile virus in the first human case of the mosquito-borne disease reported in Illinois this year, state health officials said Tuesday.
Labor amendment on November’s ballot after court blocks petition
By ANDREW HENSEL for the Illinois Radio Network SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (IRN) — Illinois’ 4th District Appellate Court has affirmed a Sangamon County courts decision from June that blocks a petition that tried to remove Amendment 1