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Zeigler's last living WWII veteran passes away

ZEIGLER, Ill. (WJPF) — The City of Zeigler’s last living World War II veteran has died. William Bell passed away at his home Thursday. He was 96-year-old. Bell served his country in the Navy....

U.S. Reps. Bost, Miller vote against impeachment

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WJPF) — President Donald Trump has been impeached by the U.S. House for a second time. He’s now the only president in U.S. history to face impeachment twice. Ten House Republicans joined...

Plane makes emergency landing on Interstate 57

WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Ill. (WJPF) — A small, single engine plane was forced to make an emergency landing Wednesday night on Interstate 57 in Williamson. The 1959 Cessna 175 Skylark took off from Veterans Airport...

Welch replaces Madigan as Illinois House Speaker

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois House on Wednesday elected its first Black speaker to replace the longest-serving legislative leader in modern U.S. history, picking Democratic Rep. Emanuel “Chris” Welch for the job and...

Chicago man facing charges resulting from Capitol breach

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago man was arrested Wednesday and accused of entering the U.S. Capitol during an attack by rioters that resulted in the death of a Capitol police officer and four others,...

Economic equity legislation passed by lawmakers

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WJPF) — In the final hours of the 101st General Assembly, Illinois lawmakers have passed a package of bills, that supports say, will reduce economic disparities in minority communities. The legislation caps...

Saluki Stadium to host 15% capacity for spring Football seas...

CARBONDALE, Ill. — Saluki Athletics announced on Friday that it will host season-ticket holders, students and player families for the 2021 spring football season at Saluki Stadium. Seating capacity for the four games will be...

Region 5 scales back to Tier 2 mitigations, IDPH ok's low-ri...

Friday the Illinois Department of Public Health moved Region 5 (Southern Illinois) back to Tier 2 mitigations. Additionally, IDPH has updated their high school sports guidelines to reflect the move in to Tier 2...

Harrisburg's Eversmann receives award for community service ...

The Chicago Bears announced Thursday that Harrisburg senior Blake Eversmann has been named their Community High School All-Star award winner for this year. During Eversmann’s freshman year, he began cleaning the crosses of veterans...

Saluki women's basketball series with Loyola, Valpo postpone...

The Missouri Valley Conference has postponed the Southern Illinois-Loyola women’s basketball series (Jan. 15-16) from Gentile Arena, in Chicago, Ill., and the Southern Illinois-Valparaiso women’s basketball series (Jan. 22-23) from Banterra Center in Carbondale,...