The Latest Breaking News from Illinois

The powerful storm system spread destruction in several states. In Illinois, one person died and 28 were hurt after a theater roof caved in during a concert.

Unrelenting tornadoes that tore through parts of the South and Midwest have killed at least 10 people

Survivors recount flying debris, destroyed buildings after storms and tornadoes hit at least eight states in the US.

At least six people have been killed after a tornado ripped through including US states in Arkansas and Illinois.

Iris Howard, who was hoping for a "fun night", says she was left "traumatised" after being "an inch from being killed", when the roof of the Apollo Theatre in Illinois collapsed while a supporting Death Metal band was playing during a Morbid Angel concert last night

Several large and destructive tornadoes tore through multiple states on Friday, prompting several tornado emergencies 

The tornado struck the Apollo Theatre in Belvidere, Illinois - multiple injuries reported after a "mass casualty collapse"

Collapse occurred at the Apollo Theatre during a heavy metal concert

CHICAGO — An Illinois appeals court on Friday overturned the convictions of a man who was serving an 84-year sentence in the 2013 shooting death of Hadiya Pendleton, a 15-year-old honors student and a majorette who had performed at then-President Barack Obama’s second inauguration days before she was killed.

U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi has been trying to force the Census Bureau to retool its population estimates because they have been so awfully inaccurate going back years and years.

CHICAGO — As another election approaches, the Illinois Republican Party and its allies are facing a conundrum — urging followers to cast ballots by mail while trying not to alienate followers of former President Donald Trump, who continues to insist that mail-in votes are “automatically corrupt.”