The Latest Breaking News from Illinois

Recent mass shootings in Highland Park, Illinois; Buffalo, New York; and Uvalde, Texas, have produced the same futile debates that always follow such tragedies. Conservatives blame mental illness, and liberals blame gun access.

Scammers are targeting the Highland Park mass shooting’s victims, Illinois’s attorney general warned.

CHICAGO — Gov. J.B. Pritzker began the week with a White House visit for an event marking the passage of bipartisan gun legislation and will end it Saturday with a speech at a fundraiser for Florida Democrats, further fueling speculation — and criticism — that he’s eyeing a presidential bid…

Ford began deliveries of its F-150 Lightning last month, and the electric version of the truck features a new option with a lot more utility than all-weather floor mats.

Alex Niemiec’s pending Illinois record pink salmon highlights a super slam on Sunday on Lake Michigan during a family charter with Capt. Gerry Urbanozo out of North Point Marina.

ComEd will deliver $434 million in tax refunds to its customers over three years beginning in January.

Vohra, hailed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker as the Illinois Department of Public Health’s “next visionary leader,” will serve as the permanent replacement for Dr. Ngozi Ezike, who was a fixture on Illinois television screens during the pandemic.

Households that are already burdened with the increasing costs of other necessities, such as housing, do not need this added stressor.

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Companies may be collecting shopper’s biometric data without their consent, lawsuits allege.

The famed High Times Cannabis Cup, is returning to Illinois in July 2022.