A 38-year-old Springfield man is going to spend the next 17 years in prison for distribution of methamphetamine. Jessie Bates ...

There's plenty of ways to have fun in the Springfield area this weekend, including the return of Chatham Jaycee's Sweet Corn Festival.

Two members of the Illinois State University Police Department rode 390 miles to honor fallen officers, starting in Champaign ...

The Springfield Police Department and the Springfield Fire Department are set to face off in a charity baseball game this ...

A new report from CPD shows a sizable year-over-year increase in reports of both use-of-force and firearm-pointing incidents by Chicago cops. The upticks come as the department continues its efforts ...

Chicago taxpayers might be on the hook for billions more in new costs thanks to a bill that quietly passed in Springfield.

Comeback kid? Former federal prison inmate and onetime Democratic U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. is getting closer and closer to running again for Congress. Politico's Shia Kapos reports that Jackson is ...

At least one person was killed and five others were wounded in weekend shootings across Chicago, according to police. The ...

Regarding the op-ed “Illinois needs the nuclear option for our energy needs” (July 7): Pro-nuclear readers like me who are concerned about climate change applaud the well-articulated ...