SIH suspends elective surgeries amid COVID-19 surge January 6, 2022 @ 11:13 am CARBONDALE, Ill. (WJPF) – Due to the recent surge in new cases of COVID-19, SIH has once again suspended all elective procedures that... Read More
Welfare check leads to discovery of body in Carbondale home January 6, 2022 @ 10:15 am CARBONDALE, Ill. (WJPF) – A welfare check on a possible missing person led to the discovery of a dead body Tuesday in Carbondale.... Read More
Illinois child welfare worker fatally stabbed during visit January 6, 2022 @ 9:15 am SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois child welfare worker was stabbed to death during a home visit in a town south of Springfield,... Read More
Suspect in slaying of Illinois police officer denied bond January 6, 2022 @ 8:37 am BRADLEY, Ill. (AP) — A judge on Wednesday denied bail to the second of two people charged with killing one police officer and wounding... Read More
Pritzker working remotely after contact with infected worker January 6, 2022 @ 8:35 am CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker will be working remotely through the weekend after he had close contact with a state employee who... Read More
Longtime Illinois Congressman Bobby Rush won’t seek 16th term January 4, 2022 @ 8:24 am CHICAGO (AP) — Longtime U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush of Illinois, a onetime Black Panther with a dramatic rise in Illinois politics, won’t seek... Read More
Prosecutor wants US death penalty for police shooting pair January 4, 2022 @ 8:04 am KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) — A prosecutor said Monday he’ll ask the Justice Department to review the case of two people charged in the shootings of... Read More
Report paints grim picture of Chicago-area gun deaths January 4, 2022 @ 8:00 am CHICAGO (AP) — More people were shot to death in Chicago and surrounding Cook County in 2021 than in any other year on... Read More
Democratic AGs continue fight seeking recognition of ERA January 4, 2022 @ 7:56 am RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Three Democratic attorneys general on Monday sought to persuade a federal appeals court to revive a lawsuit to force the federal government... Read More
January 3, 2022 @ 6:23 am CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois’ plan to end federal immigration detention in the New Year has hit another legal snag. Under a law signed in... Read More