ROUND LAKE BEACH, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois lawmaker has tested positive for COVID-19. The office of state Rep. Sam Yingling said Monday he...

CARBONDALE, Ill. (WJPF) — Occupants of two different vehicles exchanged gunfire in Carbondale Sunday. Police were called to an area near the intersection of...

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A $20,000 acrylic case now protects Thomas Jefferson’s original headstone on the University of Missouri campus, a response to vandalism...

GORHAM, Ill. (WJPF) — A Jackson County man will spend the next 15 months behind bars after violating the probation he received on a...

Andrew Freund appears for a hearing at the McHenry County Courthouse, Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, in Woodstock, Ill. Freund, who was charged with murder...

MURPHYSBORO, Ill. (WJPF) — A Murphysboro man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for predatory criminal sexual assault. 50-year-old Jose Canela-Barreda pleaded...

PINKNEYVILLE, Ill. (WJPF) — A Pinckneyville man is dead after a motorcycle crash in Perry County. It happened around 8:15 p.m. Friday at the...

RED BUD, Ill. (WJPF) — The pilot of a helicopter is dead after a crash in Randolph County. Illinois State Police say it happened...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (IRN) — State and federal lawmakers from some of Illinois’ neighboring states say taxpayers there, many of whom left Illinois, should not...