The Latest Breaking News from Illinois

The change in coronavirus data reporting follows new guidelines set by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which place more emphasis on hospitalizations and case rates per 100,000 residents.

Authorities say a Kentucky man jailed in connection with the fatal shooting of an Illinois deputy and a subsequent carjacking in neighboring Missouri last year has failed in an escape attempt

This year, there will be thousands of extra chairs at Chabad Seders around the world, and at the 50 centers here in Illinois. Many of these chairs will be filled by refugees who have fled war-torn Ukraine with little more than the clothing on their backs

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co (NYSE:ADM) said it is planning a $300 million investment to expand its Decatur, Illinois, alternative protein production. The company will also launch a Protein Innovation Center to enhance its alternative protein capabilities. The project is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2025. The investment will support ADM's soy protein…

CPD Supt. David Brown set a goal of 1.5 million such interactions this year. The Illinois attorney general’s office already likened the initiative to a “quota system” that’s “rife with significant downsides.”

CHICAGO — Long ago, Veronica Ortega gave up hope that federal immigration reform would come and pave a path to citizenship for her and her husband.

The Illinois measure — which is on its way to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk — requires all firearms, including 3D printed guns, to have serial numbers, which would effectively ban ghost guns. It’s the lack of those identifying numbers that has made the guns undetectable.

Fuel retailers could face fines of $500 for failing to place signs on their pumps informing customers of the delayed implementation of the 2.2-cent increase in the state's gas tax.

Members of the force in Kilkenny were caught out by the request when a retired cop from Illinois called into the station recently

MINNEAPOLIS — A federal judge will render criminal sentences Tuesday for two Illinois men who bombed Bloomington's Dar al-Farooq Islamic Center in 2017, then aided prosecutors in convicting their militia leader.

“I think we can be a lot further along. We need more cooperation,” Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., told the Sun-Times. “We’re moving in the right direction but too slowly.”