The Latest Breaking News from Illinois

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

The disgraced former R&B star is already serving 30 years for sex trafficking and racketeering. On Thursday, he was given one more year in prison for having made pornography with three children.

NBC's Andrea Mitchell said she was "imprecise" in saying DeSantis thinks "slavery should not be taught" in schools

Nine candidates are running for mayor of Chicago, Illinois on Feb. 28. If no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote, a runoff election will take place on April 4. Mayor Lori Lightfoot, first elected in 2019, is running for re-election.

Smith was named a laureate along with five other recipients in 1994 by the Lincoln Academy of Illinois, for “contributions to the betterment of humanity that have been accomplished in or on behalf of the State of Illinois.”

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Nelson Morris was only 17 when he was arrested for a double murder that eventually doomed him to spend the rest of his life in prison, with no chance of parole.

Illinois hunters harvested 158,010 deer during all 2022-23 firearm and archery seasons, up from 146,438 in ‘21-22.

One week before the mayoral election, Lightfoot felt the need to personally deny explosive allegations by Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza.

The former Illinois Republican, one of two GOP House members who voted to impeach President Trump, will tell the story of the party’s takeover by extremists.

The Illinois Republican who broke with his party two years ago after the Jan. 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol has a book deal

ELMHURST, Ill. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, exploring a 2024 bid for the White House, came to west suburban Elmhurst on Monday as part of a tour attacking Democrats for enacting “woke” policies that encourage crime and weaken law enforcement as he recruited police officers to move to the Sunshine…