A 2-year-old boy was killed and 14 others were injured when a car crashed into a Portillo's restaurant on Wednesday, July 30.

Jamaro J. Kemmerling, 26, of Mount Vernon was arrested and charged with aggravated discharge of a firearm and unlawful ...

Bloomington Police was the only downstage agency to receive funding for gun seizures in partnership with Illinois State ...

Tramier Pate, 25, was sentenced to 85 years in prison for the first-degree murder of 14-year-old Omarius Gates during a botched robbery in June 2023.

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias has launched a new campaign to prevent insurance companies from using age, ...

A former Plainfield Township landlord who was convicted of the 2023 hate crime murder of a Muslim child died from natural ...

Deputies with the Williamson County Sheriff's Office served a search warrant at a home in Colp, Illinois, as part of an ...

The Safe Gun Storage Act requires owners to keep weapons in a locked box around minors and at-risk individuals. Another bill ...

Police in Skokie, Illinois, are responding to an incident at Westfield Old Orchard Mall. The Skokie Police Department posted on X, "Police activity in the area of the Westfield Old Orchard Mall, in ...

"I’m tired of hearing thoughts and prayers and then nothing gets done, so Illinois is standing up and doing something about ...

Rayontae M. Pearson, 22, of Madison has been charged by the Madison County State’s Attorney’s office with two counts of first ...

Illinois's small cities have more than just small-town charm, says a study. Some scored in the top ten percent for safety, ...