Category Archives: Local News

A man was found dead in his jail cell in Jefferson County earlier this morning. At 3:14am, a member of the jail staff found detainee, 27-year-old Jacob A. Hunsell of Waltonville unconscious and unresp...

The West Salem Village Board met Monday for their final session in 2023. Mayor Jeffrey Bradham thanked the West Salem Development Association, The West Salem Volunteer Fire Department Association, Are...

A district judge sentenced two men to each spend ten years in federal prison after both were charged in a law enforcement sting to detect online child predators. Timmy Wayne Smith, 59 of McLeansboro a...

The McLeansboro City Council met for a couple of hours Tuesday night. Our sister station, WRUL filed this report. The first order of business was a one hour and 35 minute executive session to discuss ...

Carmi police arrested an Albion woman early Wednesday morning. According to the incident report released by Carmi Chief of Police Jason Carter, 37 year old Tabitha S. Wodward of Albion was arrested ab...

The Illinois State Police have released some new details on the murder investigation in Olney. Officials say the investigation is ongoing. In a release just before 10 Wednesday Morning, Illinois State...

Wayne County Crimestoppers is offering a reward for the arrest of the person or persons who entered a storage shed and removed a Whirlpool front load washer and dryer, plus 4 windows, from the Mark Sm...

Planned Parenthood of Illinois is opening a new state-of-the-art health center in Carbondale. The Carbondale Health Center expands access to reproductive health care services for both Illinois residen...

Illinois’ population is down for a tenth year in a row. New estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau show the state lost nearly 33-thousand residents between July 2022 and July 2023, trailing only ...

The Illinois minimum wage is set to increase another dollar on January 1st. Beginning Sunday, the new required minimum wage will be 14-dollars an hour. There have been six increases in the state minim...