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Lawsuit filed over battery fire

August 25, 2021 @ 9:02 am

CHICAGO, Ill. (WJPF) — Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and the Grundy County State’s Attorney’s Office have filed a lawsuit against the owner of...

Guns, meth, cash found in Harrisburg home

August 25, 2021 @ 7:05 am

HARRISBURG, Ill. (WJPF) — Guns, ammunition, methamphetamine, and cash were all recovered from a Harrisburg home Tuesday. Officers with the Harrisburg Police Department...

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COVID-19 mitigations announced for Du Quoin State Fair

August 24, 2021 @ 10:29 am

DU QUOIN, Ill. (WJPF) –The Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois Department of Agriculture have announced mitigations to prevent the spread...

Lawmakers to hold additional redistricting hearings

August 24, 2021 @ 5:54 am

CARBONDALE, Ill. (WJPF) — This week, the Senate and House Redistricting Committees will hold a series of hearings, all open to the public,...

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Carbondale PD: "Multiple shooters" involved in fatal Sunday shooting

August 23, 2021 @ 5:55 pm

CARBONDALE, Ill. (WJPF) — Carbondale Police say multiple shooters are believed to be involved in a deadly shooting that took the life of...

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Rev. Jesse Jackson, wife Jacqueline hospitalized for COVID

August 23, 2021 @ 8:47 am

CHICAGO (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson and his wife, Jacqueline, have been hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19. The famed 79-year-old civil rights...

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Supreme Court won't hear bid to halt Obama center project

August 23, 2021 @ 8:46 am

CHICAGO (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a Chicago organization’s effort to immediately stop construction of the Obama Presidential Center on the...

Illinois Senate GOP leader has 'break-through' COVID case

August 23, 2021 @ 8:33 am

CHICAGO (AP) — The Republican leader of the Illinois Senate says he has a “breakthrough” case of COVID-19 and is suffering mild symptoms....

Illinois Democrats to redraw political maps using census

August 23, 2021 @ 8:31 am

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Democrats say the Legislature will return to Springfield to redraw political districts that will be used for legislative elections...