Sesser News

A wild afternoon for officers in Sesser, Illinois Sunday. This after a drunk man with a gun fires 21 shots out of an apartment window, and refuses to surrender to police.

A Franklin County man is dead after his boat capsized near Sesser Saturday morning.

John Ferlow, co-owner of Anjoa s Pizza in Sesser, serves samples to a crowd gathered to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Illinois Small Business Development Center Tuesday while his wife, Angela, looks on.

Four men are in Franklin County Jail today after a weekend fight that police say was racially motivated.

Students are slated to graduate from the Rend Lake College Licensed Practical Nursing Program next month.

A husband and wife are accused of burglarizing a Franklin county bar over the weekend, Police say the couple kicked in the door of the Sesser Bank Lounge and stole alcohol and cigarettes.

Supporters of a second highway interchange in Benton say it will improve emergency response along I-57 and in other parts of Franklin county.

Illinois State Police are investigating a chain-reaction crash that killed a Minnesota truck driver on Interstate 57 in southern Illinois.

Police say a hit and run lead to a chase thru two Southern Illinois counties Sunday night.

A deadly crash involving three semis and a pickup shut down traffic between Benton and Sesser for hours Tuesday evening.

Illinois State Police have closed Interstate 57 in both directions after a fatal accident about 4 p.m. today in Franklin County.