JOHNSTON CITY, IL (WSIL) --Â Fire Chief Tom Burton has been diagnosed with cancer of the plasma cells. The fire department is helping to hold a fundraiser to offset some of the medical and travel expenses.Â
It's been about a two-year process, but on Monday, city leaders broke ground on a new fire station located on South 13th Street, just off East Clark Trail.
Standing above Interstate 57 in Mt. Vernon along Broadway Street and Veterans Memorial Drive were several Jefferson County Emergency Personnel waving American Flags and honoring the many lives lost on September 11, 2001.
SESSER, IL (WSIL) -- A firefighter has been honored after saving a life from a burning building.
GOLCONDA, IL (WSIL) -- The community of Golconda is remembering one of their own after their fire chief passes away.
A home was destroyed Tuesday morning in Carterville.Â
A condo explosion in Montgomery County, Maryland, left a dozen people injured, two of them critically, kicking off a massive search-and-rescue…
BUCKNER, IL (WSIL) -- Authorities are investigating a stabbing in Franklin County.
A big part of the final days of the Du Quoin State Fair including racing. Saturday night's big show, the USAC Silver Crown Ted Horn 100. One local Fire Chief has won twice before and is looking for his third, to put him in the motorsport history books.Â