A Harwood Heights woman died Wednesday evening in an accident on the Tri-State Tollway. Sylvia Barranco, 55, a resident of the 4400 block of North Newcastle Avenue, died in a four-vehicle accident ...

Two men have been charged in connection with a fight in the parking lot of a Rockford Amazon facility. At 11:30 p.m. Thursday, Rockford police responded to a shots-fired call at the Merch by Amazon ...

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 ...

In 2024, Liz Bishop, of Peru, easily defeated fellow Peru resident Crystal Loughran in the GOP primary, by a full 2:1 margin. Bishop later narrowly lost to Democratic state Rep. Murri Briel in the ...

The Generations will perform Saturday at Durty Nellie’s in Palatine to benefit Easterseals Autism Services. Saturday’s show marks the band’s return to the venue where members celebrated the release of ...

Cook County is putting more resources behind the Public Defender Immigration Unit, doubling its small staff at the start of 2026 and setting the goal of tripling it by 2027. Since 2021, the unit has ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke has announced the implementation of Expedited Felony Review, an expansion of a pilot program that allows Chicago police officers to directly file ...

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 ...

Damages totaling in the billions of dollars from severe storms has been on the rise in recent decades, driven by changing weather patterns and shifting geographical populations. To study changes and ...

Next fall, they may finally succeed. For the last three election cycles Amy Grant, who in 2018 won the House seat Jeanne Ives vacated to run against Bruce Rauner for the Republican nomination for ...