Maddia Groff named D1Softball’s Freshman of the Week after perfect game to open season
Carbondale, Ill. – Maddia Groff was named D1Softball’s Freshman of the Week Tuesday morning after an impressive opening weekend to say the least. Groff made her Saluki debut in the circle in game one of the season with her twin
John A. Logan College SI Basketball Poll – Week 11
With just a week remaining in the regular season the question is can the Centralia Orphans make it a wire-to-wire season at the #1 ranking in the John A. Logan College SI Basketball Poll. The Orphans once
ISP vehicle involved in Franklin County crash
WEST FRANKFORT, Ill. (WJPF) – An unmarked Illinois State Police SUV was involved in a crash in West Frankfort. It happened around 3:30 p.m. Monday on Route 37. The ISP vehicle was rear-ended. No major injuries were
Pedestrian killed in Mt. Vernon traffic accident
MT. VERNON, Ill. (WJPF) – A traffic accident involving a pedestrian has taken the life of a Carrier Mills man. Robert Bryans, 65, was killed Monday in Mt. Vernon while walking along Broadway Street, in between 42nd
West Frankfort hostage situation ends peacefully
William Ice, III | Franklin County Sheriff’s Office WEST FRANKFORT, Ill. (WJPF) – A West Frankfort man is facing unlawful restraint and assault charges after police say he held a family member hostage with a handgun. The
Ex-aide to former Illinois House Speaker Madigan gets 2.5 years for perjury
FILE – This Oct. 4, 2007 file photo shows Tim Mapes, chief of staff to Illinois House Speaker Madigan at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File) CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge
Ex-Illinois senator McCann’s fraud trial delayed again as he drops plan to represent himself
FILE – Republican Illinois Sen. Sam McCann speaks at the state Capitol on March 5, 2018, in Springfield, Ill. The federal fraud trial for the former state senator and candidate for governor was delayed for a
Republicans call Pritzker’s ‘taxpayer savings’ in migrant health care disingenuous
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (IRN) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker says any changes to the state’s program where Illinois taxpayers subsidize the health care of non-citizen migrants is up to the Illinois Legislature. Republicans say the program is being poorly
Illinois gun ban plaintiffs file for hearings with U.S. Supreme Court
CHICAGO, Ill. (IRN) — The U.S. Supreme Court now has requests from plaintiffs to hear multiple cases challenging gun and magazine bans. Last week, plaintiffs in a case challenging Maryland’s ban on certain semi-automatic firearms filed for
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin cancels overseas trip to Brussels following hospitalization
U.S. defense officials said on Monday that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has canceled a trip to Brussels this week following his hospitalization on Sunday due to “an emergent bladder issue”. News of Austin’s hospitalization had raised questions