PEORIA – An invoice for just under $48,000 was sent to Sangamon County Administrator Brian McFadden by Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins to cover overtime hours, meals, security infrastructure and ...

A Bellville attorney who defrauded more than 40 clients out of more than $1 million has been sentenced to 90 months in federal prison. Jason Caraway, 51, whose victims included the children of a dead ...

Officials at the Northern Illinois Food Bank in Geneva are expressing relief that the government shutdown has ended and funding for the essential SNAP food assistance program is secured for the next ...

Four police officers were hurt Friday during protests at the ICE facility in Broadview. Two Broadview officers and a Cook County Sheriff’s Police officer were transported to a local hospital for ...

Democratic 9th Congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh and Oak Park trustee Brian Straw have been indicted for their part in a Sept. 26 protest outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility ...

PEORIA — The number of protesters gathered outside the Peoria County Courthouse awaiting a verdict in the Sean Grayson murder trial continues to grow this afternoon. Jury deliberations have stretched ...

A dog was saved Saturday from a burning Rockford residence. A Rockford Fire Department spokesman said the blaze broke out shortly before 3 p.m. Saturday at 841 Haskell Ave. The fire caused an ...

As Indigenous Peoples’ Day approaches, Brookfield Zoo Chicago officials reaffirmed their acknowledgment that the zoo sits on unceeded, traditional and ancestral homeland of Indigenous people.

A jury on Friday found an Edwardsville man guilty of felony charges in connection with an attack on a Glen Carbon doctor in his home. The jury found Timothy Rodgers, 40, guilty of home invasion (a ...

First of two parts looking at former Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin’s time running the city and involvement in Illinois politics Since leaving the Aurora mayor’s office, Richard Irvin has a new job, but ...

City Cruises, operator of year-round Chicago water experiences, has announced its fall and winter lineup, offering excursions for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s. Guests can ...