A suspect described as a "monster" was arrested following a manhunt for the killer of an Illinois bar owner who authorities say was murdered in an "execution-style" shooting Monday. Julius E. Burkes ...

The 5th-ranked Illinois Fighting Illini ride a big wave of momentum into Saturday night and a Big Ten basketball showdown with the No. 10 Michigan State Spartans. The game is scheduled to start at 8 p ...

Illinois residents have seen more than $1.1 billion in medical debt erased, with the help of a state program that launched less than a year-and-a-half ago. More than 500,000 Illinois residents have so ...

The head of the Illinois Republican Party is urging GOP primary voters to cast ballots early and vote by mail despite President Donald Trump’s baseless claims that those methods lead to election fraud ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) announced Tuesday that his state is joining the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network, becoming the second state to do so since the ...

The Illinois Fighting Illini will have three former players in Super Bowl LX when the New England Patriots face the Seattle Seahawks. Former Illini Devon Witherspoon (Seattle Seahawks), Tommy DeVito ...

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Illinois has become the latest state to crack down on sweepstakes casino operators. The state’s gaming board sent 60 cease-and-desist letters to operators this week. “Illegal online gambling ...

An Iowa lawmaker says it’s time to explore whether some western Illinois counties might become part of the State of Iowa. Representative Taylor Collins was born in Macomb, Illinois, but his hometown ...

The state of Illinois has joined a World Health Organization pandemic response network after the Trump administration withdrew the U.S. from the WHO. President Donald Trump’s administration withdrew ...

Evanston, Illinois. will issue $25,000 to 44 residents in reparations payments, the City’s Reparations Committee has announced. Established in 2019 and approved by the City Council in 2021, the ...