The study looked at national incidents of police using lethal force. The total number of such incidents in 2023 was the ...

Illinois State Police troopers and investigators are investigating reports of objects being thrown onto Interstate 57 in Effingham and Shelby counties. ​Multiple damage to vehicle reports have been ...

Illinois State Police is investigating after multiple vehicles in Effingham and Shelby counties were damaged by objects thrown from overpasses along I-57.

The Oak Brook police drone serves as an eye in the sky before police can get to a scene, and has already helped police crack ...

A landlord convicted of fatally stabbing a young Palestinian boy and attacking the boy's mother in Plainfield Township, Illinois, in October 2023, has died in custody, authorities said Saturday.

Gun owners in Illinois will soon be required to take additional measures ... the state must now start tracing the ownership ...

Ending cash bail doesn’t mean dangerous people are roaming the streets. It means that a judge decides whether a person should ...

Police reported 425 homicides as of Aug. 22, down from 519 for the same period last year, and 1,828 shooting incidents, compared with 2,239 during the same period in 2021.

Data reveals downtown Alton bars attract few police calls but still liquor license revoked ...

The Illinois Crime Victims Compensation Fund has approved reimbursement for over $4,000 to the family of Mari Villar, who was severely injured in a hit-and-run two years ago, after WGN Investigates… ...

Office of Public Safety Report - 2025-06-18 to 2025-06-20 The crime log incidents posted may not match the crime statistics as reported in the Annual Campus Security and Fire Safety Report per the ...

Campus Crime Reports Office of Public Safety Report - 2025-06-23 to 2025-06-25 The crime log incidents posted may not match the crime statistics as reported in the Annual Campus Security and Fire ...