Cutler, IL

SESSER - The Sesser Police Department and Illinois State Police are currently conducting a death investigation after a couple were pronounced deceased this morning. According to a news release from the Sesser Police Department, at approximately 9:02 a.m. this morning, officers were dispatched to 806 S. Locust in Sesser in reference a dropped call.

SESSER, Ill. (WJPF) Police in Sesser are investigating the deaths of an elderly couple. Just after 9:00 a.m. Tuesday, police were dispatched to the South Locust Street home of James and Phyllis Miller after a call was made from the home to 9-1-1, but no one was on the other end of the line.

SESSER, Ill. (KFVS) - The deaths of two 86-year-old in Sesser are under investigation. Officers were called to the 800 block of South Locust Street just after 9 a.m. on Tuesday, June 28. Sesser Police said the officers were investigating a dropped call. When they arrived at the home they...

Jackson Mayor Dwain Hahs and Jackson park music series organizer Bruce Loy previews the performers scheduled to play at the Jackson Municipal Band Shell. The unofficial results are in for the Illinois General Primary Election held on Tuesday, June 28. The Breakfast Show TOO headlines 6/29. Updated: 4 hours ago.

Robert Frost’s famous poem, The Road Not Taken, describes the choice between two paths. The traveler in the poem chooses the least traveled path and says it made all the difference. The story could describe the life of John A. Logan College Student Trustee Jeremiah Brown, who had to either stay on the path his life was on or choose a new direction.

The Chester Municipal Band is back for its 2022 Summer Concert Series. A rich tradition continues this summer as it has for more than 75 years. The continuous string of concerts was broken in 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic struck with a vengeance, but Director Steve Colonel struck up the band again last summer with COVID seating.

CHESTER – On Wednesday June 22 the Southern Illinois University Football Team came to Chester to help clean up the community and provide a FREE Mini Football Camp for kids. It was the 2nd Annual SIU Clean-Up Day for the Salukis in Chester, the inaugural event being held last year in the summer of 2021.

Fireworks and other patriotic activities will take place next weekend in Ste. Genevieve and Kaskaskia. In Ste. Genevieve, a fireworks display will take place at dusk in Pere Marquette Park on Saturday, July 2. On Monday, July 4, a patriotic celebration will be held on the courthouse square (Third Street),...

CARBONDALE, Ill. (WJPF) – Two men have been arrested following a drive by shooting in Carbondale. At about 3:35 a.m. Sunday, police say shots were fired from a dark colored sedan near the intersection of North Robert A Stalls Avenue and East Willow Street. No injuries were reported, but some property was damaged.

Festus Main Street has been more colorful lately. Two professional freelance artists – Emily Baker of Festus and Kenzie Wolk of Ste. Genevieve –have been working independently to bring the seasons to life with window paintings at businesses all around the Twin City area. Baker, 37, said her...

Motorists traveling across the Mississippi River Bridge at Chester will find slow going in the coming months. The state of Missouri will begin repair work on the bridge pavement along with some minor steel work beginning July 5, with completion expected by December. Stop lights will be in place and...

(Ste. Genevieve) Ste. Genevieve Post 150 shutout Festus Post 253, 10-0, in 5 innings on J98 Tuesday night. The top four hitters for Ste. Gen set the tone for this ball game. Aiden Boyer batted third and went 1-for-2 with a pair of walks and this RBI in the bottom of the 1st.

During public meetings, a consent agenda – a group of generally miscellaneous items – is approved or not approved in one motion. Last Thursday night, some questions about three items in the Ste. Genevieve Board of Aldermen consent agenda led to them being discussed and voted on as a separate three-piece item.

Sparta Stingrays met up with the Red Bud Waverunners for a dual meet at Red Bud Tuesday, June 21. Red Bud won the meet with combined team scores of 490 to Sparta's 168.

FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS - Planned Parenthood of Illinois says they are already seeing a record increase of patients seeking abortions after Roe v. Wade was overturned. One of those locations is in Fairview Heights, Illinois, located just outside of St. Louis, Missouri. That location has already seen an influx of...