Gun owners in Illinois must take new steps in 2026 to secure their firearms in their homes, particularly when children are present. Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed Senate Bill 8, known as the Safe Gun ...

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 ...

A Rockford garage and adjacent fence were damaged in a fire Friday evening. The detached, single-vehicle garage at 1723 Ohio Parkway sustained damage in the blaze, which started at 11:04 p.m. Friday.

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 ...

The Woodstock City Council will revisit a proposal to place security cameras around the historic downtown square. Council members are scheduled to discuss the issue Dec. 2. The lynchpin is awaiting ...

If the kitchen and hearth are the heart of a home, then Benson Stone Co. is the heartbeat of countless Rockford area households. The family-owned company, a staple of Rockford’s business landscape, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Chicago Scots, Illinois’ first and oldest non-profit organization, is planning the 180 th annual St. Andrew’s Day Gala, “The Feast of the Haggis,” at 5 p.m. Dec. 6. Never missing a year – even ...