IBCA announces Class of 2025 Hall of Famers

The Illinois Basketball Coaches Association released their Class of 2025 Hall of Famers Monday morning. Among area players being enshrined in the IBCA Hall of Fame are Mt. Carmel’s Tyra Buss, Nashville’s Lucas O’Rear and Jennifer York

Thousands of dollars worth of phone, internet wire stolen

Caldwell MARION, Ill. (WJPF) – A man has been arrested on theft charges, accused of stealing telephone and internet transmission wires. The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office says Jakob Caldwell stole over $100,000 worth of wire, causing phone

Runaway car stopped by sheriff’s deputy

CARTERVILLE, Ill. (WJPF) – No injuries reported after a car with malfunctioning brakes had to be stopped by police. Around 2:00 a.m. Monday, the driver called 9-1-1 telling dispatchers that her car brakes were not working and

Illinois education leaders release blueprint for the future of education

By KEVIN BESSLER Illinois Radio Network SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (IRN) — A group of Illinois education organizations have unveiled their plan for the future of Illinois schools. It’s called Vision 2030 and revolves around three education pillars, including

Trump selects Tiffany Trump’s FIL Massad Boulos as senior adviser on Middle East

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen billionaire businessman Massad Boulos, the father-in-law to his daughter Tiffany Trump, as his senior adviser on Middle Eastern affairs. Trump announced on his Truth Social media platform that Boulos, father of Trump’s

6 injured, 3 critically, in home explosion in Jefferson City, Missouri

Fire officials say that a home explosion in Jefferson City, Missouri over Thanksgiving weekend left the residence in shambles, with six people inside injured – three critically. Jefferson is the state capital, located about 133 miles west

Fall Out Boy, The Killers to headline 2025 Innings Festival

Fall Out Boy and The Killers will headline the seventh annual Innings Festival 2025, returning to Arizona’s Tempe Beach Park & Arts Park on February 21 and 22, 2025  for two days of music and baseball-themed fun

Melissa Etheridge announces spring 2025 tour

Melissa Etheridge is set to launch a co-headlining tour with Joss Stone April 18 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and also has planned a series of solo dates, with ore dates “coming soon,” according to Etheridge’s Instagram.