Newsradio WJPF

09/21/2024

It's Saluki Football War For The Wheel GAMEDAY!
SIU vs SEMO
🏟️| Saluki Stadium, Carbondale, IL
⌚| 5pm CT Pregame/6pm CT KICKOFF
📻| 101.5 CIL-FM
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🎙️| Luke Martin, Mike Trude, Pat Poore

09/21/2024

75th Anniversary Celebration today at Ferne Clyffe State Park

GOREVILLE, Ill. (WJPF) – Ferne Clyffe State Park will mark its 75th anniversary with a celebration. The celebration will take place today at the park, which is on Illinois 37 about a mile south of Goreville and

09/21/2024

Final

Carterville - 49
Herrin - 20

Lions now 3-1 will head to St. Joe-Ogden next Friday night.

09/21/2024

Amon. Cosey 7 yd td run

Carterville - 49
Herrin - 20
7:08 4th

09/21/2024

33 yd td pass Bishing to Poole

Carterville 42
Herrin - 20
10:56 4th

09/21/2024

Heading to 4th

Carterville 35
Herrin 20

09/21/2024

Chance Myers 15 yd td run

LIons 35
Tigers 20
1:53 3rd

09/21/2024

Lukens 76 yd td run

Lions28
Tigers 20

09/21/2024

Luke Johnson 1 yd td run.

Lions 28
Tigers 14
7:45 3rd qtr

09/21/2024

Halftime

Carterville - 21
Herrin - 14

09/21/2024

Herrin Tigers - 7
Carterville - 0

Chris Nelson 28 yd run - xp g
6:25 1st qtr

09/20/2024

Carterville Lions at Herrin Tigers Preview

09/20/2024

He was born in Metropolis, Illinois. John Marvin Steele survived D-Day and was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart. He later became known around the world after his remarkable story was retold in the movie "The Longest Day."

We spoke to Vicki Mayhall & Karla Ogle Friday about the life of John Marvin Steele and the effort to build a monument in his hometown in his honor.

Listen here🎙: https://tinyurl.com/5n99d8jp
📸: Jebulon, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Learn more about the John Marvin Steele Memorial Project: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100087508290335

09/20/2024

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IT'S GAMEDAY!
CARTERVILLE LIONS @ HERRIN TIGERS
6:45 PM
NEWSRADIO WJPF (AM1340/99.5 & WJPF.COM)
YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jENImZDknS8&list=PLN1V0DL6iAIO0bFEnxFQ13XPHyvtBGkXK&index=1
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09/20/2024

09/20/2024

Two projects in southern Illinois awarded prize by the U.S. Department of Energy

Two projects from southern Illinois have been awarded an “Energizing Rural Communities Prize”. Small, rural communities were challenged by the U.S. Department of Energy to develop partnerships and financing strategies to improve energy systems and advance clean

09/20/2024

Marion Man Sentenced for Child Po*******hy

MARION, Ill. (WJPF) – A Marion man has been sentenced for child po*******hy. 36 year old Michael Mitchell pleaded guilty in May to two counts of receipt of child po*******hy and one count of possession of child

09/20/2024

Illinois' top court says odor of burnt ma*****na isn't enough to search car

CAMBRIDGE, Ill. (AP) — An odor of burnt ma*****na doesn’t justify a search of a car without a warrant in Illinois. That’s the ruling Thursday from the Illinois Supreme Court. The court affirmed lower court rulings that

09/19/2024

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The Carterville Lions are on the road for four straight games starting this Friday night as they head to Herrin to face the Tigers.Carterville is 2-1 on the ...

09/19/2024

Illinois gun ban trial Day 3: State works to defend law

Attorneys for the state of Illinois called their first witness to the stand in the trial against the state’s gun and magazine ban. Illinois banned the sale and possession of more than 170 semi-automatic fi****ms and magazines

09/19/2024

Mount Vernon man arrested for Child Po*******hy and Sexual Abuse

MOUNT VERNON, Ill. (WJPF) – A Mount Vernon man has been arrested for child po*******hy and sexual abuse. 33 year old Christopher Milburn was arrested at his home on the morning of September 18th for an active

09/18/2024

Mark you calendars!

The Carterville Lions are on the road for four straight games starting this Friday night as they head to Herrin to face the Tigers.Carterville is 2-1 on the ...

09/18/2024

Juvenile Arrested for Terroristic Threat in Mount Vernon

MOUNT VERNON, Ill. (WJPF) – Threats in Mt. Vernon have led to the arrest of a juvenile. On Monday September 16th around 6:30pm, police were notified of a threat to a Mount Vernon Township High School student