Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday defended Illinois' sanctuary laws protecting undocumented immigrants at a hearing before ...

The technology allows police agencies to read thousands of license plates per minute from images captured by cameras along ...

Illinois’ Secretary of State is raising alarm, following reports that Texas authorities illegally accessed license plate data ...

Gun rights activists have asked the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn Illinois’ ban on assault-style weapons and ...

An Illinois woman was arrested Thursday in Linn County on charges that she stole more than $6,000 from two dependent adults ...

Illinois bucked those trends last year, with hate crime reports falling from 346 to 319, according to the FBI. But that dip followed a massive surge, from 56 in 2020 and 98 in 2021, to 346 in 2022.

Mary Norkol/Sun-Times Share The state of Illinois announced a new program aimed ... I’m horrified by this trend,” Pritzker said at a news conference Wednesday. “This nation, this state ...

In some Illinois cities, shoplifting, calling 911 too many times or even being a victim of a crime can get you kicked out of your home. By Sidnee King Pineda Photographs by Jamie Kelter Davis ...

To prevent crime, you have to have resources. Brendan Kelly, Illinois State Police "No one ... us to build our resources to address the trends and patters related to auto theft," said Kevin ...

the Crime Pattern Response Protocol introduced in 2024 is credited with helping reverse crime trends. City officials noted that by the end of 2024, the police department had more officers on duty ...

According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), Illinois ranked fifth in the number ... To combat this trend, Shafer advised consumers to shop around and compare rates from different ...

The doorbell at the home of Joseph Adams, 300-pound mayor of West City, Ill., rang one evening. Mayor Adams went to the door, opened it, and was shot dead by two young men. The bullets were ...