Supreme Court sidesteps gun rights cases, avoids Illinois' ban on semi-automatic rifles and high-capacity magazines, and federal felon gun ownership limits.
A Chicago-area high school senior, Marko Niketic, was fatally struck by a suspected drunk speeding driver while making a left turn in Glenview. Taeyoung Kim, 21, was driving over 120 mph when his car collided with Niketic's vehicle just weeks before graduation.
A father of seven missing for more than a week in Joliet was found dead Friday in the Des Plaines River. Family and authorities searched the 300 block of West Bluff area extensively. Police confirmed the discovery of Long's body near 300 West Bluff in a Friday news conference.
Authorities charged a 22-year-old Illinois man with four counts of first-degree murder following a stabbing rampage that claimed four lives, including a 15-year-old girl, and wounded seven others on Wednesday.
In Joliet, Illinois, a "reign of terror" orchestrated by 23-year-old deceased suspect Romeo Nance resulted in eight people killed and nine others shot, according to local authorities.
Illinois men's basketball standout Terrence Shannon Jr. has been charged with rape, leading to his suspension from all team activities, as announced by the university on Wednesday afternoon.
A body was retrieved from a retention pond in Vernon Hills on Tuesday morning, where the car of missing Illinois teen Brissa Romero had submerged over a week ago.
Dashcam footage released on Tuesday captures the harrowing moment when an Illinois cop was reportedly shot at by a Chicago murder suspect last week near Springfield.
New details emerged during a hearing for Joseph Czuba, the Illinois landlord accused of brutally killing a 6-year-old Muslim boy and injuring his 32-year-old mother in a stabbing attack that local and federal authorities have classified as a hate crime.
An Illinois man fatally stabbed a Palestinian American boy and critically injured a woman in the southern suburbs on Saturday morning due to their Muslim faith, according to the Will County Sheriff's Office.
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has been informed to prepare for the arrival of as many as 25 buses filled with migrants daily as Chicago grapples with the challenge of providing shelter and supporting the migrant surge.
A small memorial of flowers and candles is growing outside the home where an Illinois family of four and their three pet dogs were found dead on Sunday.
Illinois is putting more protections on immigrants as a new law will ban landlords from discriminating against potential tenants based on their immigration status.
Eight individuals were injured in two separate shootings early on Sunday morning, and police in Champaign, Illinois, are appealing for the public's assistance in their investigation.
After R. Kelly's federal convictions in New York and Chicago, Illinois prosecutor Kim Foxx said her office is dismissing the pending sexual assault and abuse cases against the disgraced singer.
