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Murphysboro man prosecuted for illegal dumping and burning The Administrative Citation filed by the Jackson County Health Department presented evidence that Green had littered, dumped materials, burned materials and deposited debris at the site, beginning in April 2020. (Source: WDAM) By Jessica Ladd | December 28, 2020 at 3:34 PM CST - Updated December 28 at 3:34 PM MURPHYSBORO, Ill. (KFVS) - A Murphysboro man has been prosecuted for illegal dumping and burning. The Jackson County Sta...

State group honors D214 head of Finance and Operations Cathy Johnson Courtesy of District 214   Posted12/29/2020 8:44 AM District 214 Associate Superintendent for Finance and Operations Cathy Johnson received recent recognition for her seven years of service, including one year as president, to the Illinois Association of School Business Officials. In a statement, IASBOs executive director and current board leaders said, "Cathy provided leadership, insight and knowledge to this s...

Incoming state’s attorney favors return to indoor dinning in Ill. Incoming states attorney favors return to indoor dinning in Ill. By Colin Baillie | December 22, 2020 at 6:25 PM CST - Updated December 23 at 4:15 AM MURPHYSBORO, Ill. (KFVS) - Incoming Jackson County State’s Attorney Joe Cervantez believes indoor dining is possible under the Illinois’ COVID-19 restrictions. “With proper mitigation efforts and following the guidelines set forth by the governor we can prop...

Some Illinois workers will see an increase in pay starting January 1st. On January first the minimum wage in Illinois will increase to $11 an hour. It’s part of Governor JB Pritzker’s path to raise the minimum wage a dollar per year until it reaches $15 an hour by 2025. Murphysboro Chamber of Commerce Director Steve Webb says some businesses are still trying to recover from 2020 and this will add to that struggle. “When it originally passed I know a lot of businesses, you know were concer...

People just don’t think it is a problem until it affects them personally. Disappointing. - don the legend - Friday, Dec 18, 20 @ 10:16 am: That’s the sickening price to be paid so Bailey, DeVore and Ives can have their Christmas party. Website where you can track hospitalizations and ICU bed capacity down to the county level. If a county has “No Data” it’s most likely because their patients were transferred to a larger hospital system, not because there weren’t any patients from th...

This is Southern Illinois, at the end of a year like no other in living memory. A Belleville emergency room nurse despairs at what she’s seen, from both the living and the dying. An immigrant restaurant owner in Marion clings to her business, determined to stay open. A lifelong Carterville Republican has to silence herself when she is with family because she voted for Joe Biden. A Black Army veteran in O’Fallon watches resentment grow as aggrieved whites react to the pandemic and the ...

JACKSON COUNTY, IL — The Jackson County Sheriffs Office says a boater was found dead in Kinkaid Lake Wednesday night.  Deputies say 36-year-old Benjamin Sigman, of Freeburg, Illinois, went to Kinkaid Lake alone early Wednesday morning to fish. Around 5 p.m., deputies say a family member called and asked for a welfare check for Sigman since he had not returned home and was not answering his phone.  Deputies say they found Sigmans pick-up truck and boat trailer parked on the Paul Ice b...

Mt. Vernon, Ill. pair facing drug, stolen gun charges From left: Cody James and Lacey Corbett, both of Mt. Vernon, were arrested on drug and stolen gun charges. (Source: . Jefferson County Sheriffs Office/Facebook) By Amber Ruch | December 17, 2020 at 12:00 PM CST - Updated December 17 at 12:00 PM MOUNT VERNON, Ill. (KFVS) - Two people are facing drug and stolen gun charges after a warrant was served in rural Mount Vernon. Cody James, 32, was charged with possession of a firearm by a fel...

Missing boater’s body recovered from Kinkaid Lake Body of missing boater recovered from Kinkaid Lake By Amber Ruch | December 17, 2020 at 11:21 AM CST - Updated December 17 at 5:50 PM JACKSON COUNTY, Ill. (KFVS) - A missing boater’s body was recovered from Kinkaid Lake hours after he went fishing alone. Jackson County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a request for a welfare check on the lake at 5:05 p.m. on Wednesday, December 16. They said Benjamin A. Sigman, 36, of Freeburg...

MURPHYSBORO, Ill. (WJPF) — The Jackson County Board has approved a resolution that gives the county health department the ability to enforce COVID-19 restrictions. The new rule, which allows the health department to issue fines for every day an establishment is found to be in non-compliance, takes effect January 1, 2021. Law enforcement agencies and state’s attorneys across Illinois have been saying for months that there was no way to enforce the governor’s mitigation efforts because no l...