The case is one reason that early voting has been delayed in parts of the state, including Rockford, with election officials awaiting a final decision before they print ballots.

The FBI received a tip last month that the suspect in the Florida school shooting had a "desire to kill" and access to guns and could be plotting an attack, but agents failed to investigate.

Anderson Japanese Gardens will appear on the cover of the next Travel Illinois magazine and also be highlighted in a feature story in conjunction with its 40-year anniversary.

Thirteen Russians and three Russian companies were charged Friday with an elaborate plot to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election through social media propaganda aimed at helping Republican Donald Trump.

In an Illinois governor race that includes a couple millionaires and a billionaire, Daniel Biss likes to tell people he's given his campaign just $25 — and then his wife decided to one-up him and donate $50.

President Donald Trump is calling for a focus on mental health and school safety in response to shootings like the one that took 17 lives in Florida, but his budget would cut funding in both areas.

Pokka currently ranks first all-time among Rockford defensemen in games played, second in goals, third in points and fourth in assists. He skated in 266 career AHL contests with the IceHogs. DiDomenico made his pro debut in Rockford back in…

The conversation at the Capitol Thursday followed a familiar pattern. Many Democrats revived calls for tighter gun laws, while Republicans focused on the mental health of the accused shooter.

Cruz told officers he brought more loaded magazines to the school and kept them hidden in the backpack until he got on campus. As students began to flee, he said, he decided to discard his AR-15 rifle and a vest he was wearing so he could…

Rockford Police Lt. Kurt Whisenand said the charges stem from an incident involving a 13-year-old female that occurred in October 2017 in the 4800 block of Clearsky Drive.

The Republican governor proposed a $696 million savings to the state's bank account by shifting the employer portion of teachers' pension contributions to local districts over four years.

Authorities say O'Connor planned to shoot students and detonate pressure-cooker bombs like those used in the 2013 attack at the Boston Marathon.

A third new case of Legionnaires' disease has been reported this week in a resident at a western Illinois veterans' home where the illness has been linked to the deaths of 13 people since 2015.

A federal jury in Chicago has convicted a Cook County judge of fraudulently obtaining mortgages for Chicago investment properties and illegally pocketing more than $300,000.

Winnebago County Coroner Bill Hintz is growing increasingly worried about the breakdown of drugs related overdose deaths.