3.7 magnitude quake shakes New Madrid Fault area

STEELE, Mo. (WJPF) – A small earthquake was detected along the New Madrid Fault. The tremor registered a 3.7 on the Richter scale at 10:44 p.m. Saturday. The quake was centered in Steele, Missouri, but was reported

Carterville shooting under investigation

CARTERVILLE, Ill. (WJPF) – Police are investigating a shooting in Carterville that sent two people to the hospital. It happened around 11:00 a.m. Sunday at a home in the 600 block of Grand Avenue. Police say the

Algae bloom makes Vienna tap water unsafe to drink

VIENNA, Ill. (WJPF) – Residents of Vienna are being told not to drink the tap water after a toxic algae bloom was found in the water supply. Officials say boiling or freezing the water has no effect

Illinois officials take first step toward construction of 2 new prisons

  FILE – Stateville Correctional Center, a historic but dilapidated prison set to close and a replacement built, can be seen, Sept. 16, 2024, in Crest Hill, Ill. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois officials

FCC Commissioner Claims Kamala Harris’ appearance on ‘SNL’ violated equal time rule

Senior Federal Communications Commission (FCC) commissioner Brendan Carr is criticizing Vice President Kamala Harris’ “Saturday Night Live” debut, with the Republican calling her appearance a “clear and blatant effort” to evade the Equal Time rule. The FCC’s

4 dead, 17 injured after semitractor-trailer crash along I-96 in Michigan

Four people were killed and 17 were injured in a crash along I-96 near Webberville, Michigan late Saturday night. The accident involved a semitractor-trailer which crashed into more than a dozen vehicles overnight, according to state police,

Listen to Jerry Cantrell’s new track ‘I Want Blood’

Jerry Cantrell’s highly-anticipated new album I Want Blood just dropped, and the artist shares of the new project: “there’s a confidence to this album. I think it’s some of my best writing and playing and certainly some

Hurricane Helene benefit album features 100+ artists including R.E.M., Jason Isbell, Phish, and more

R.E.M., the War on Drugs, Angel Olsen, Fleet Foxes and Jason Isbell are among the dozens of artists contributing new, rare or live tracks to the 136-track digital download LP, Cardinals at the Window. According to the