SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO) — Both houses of the Illinois legislature have passed a bill that would prevent police from ticketing students for misbehavior in school, and it now heads to Gov.

CHICAGO — Denise Howard was not related by blood to the 10-year-old girl who lived about a block away from her in Streamwood. But to that little girl, she was “grandma.” “She was always ...

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois police officers soon could be required to undergo trauma-informed sexual assault training if the governor signs a bill passed by Illinois lawmakers last week. Senate Bill ...

A 20-year-old man is accused of beating his mother to death, Illinois police said. Getty Images/iStockphoto A woman found in an Illinois apartment with “no signs of life” was beaten to death ...