CHICAGO (AP) — A former Illinois state representative faces more charges related to possession of child pornography. The U.S. attorney’s office in Chicago announced...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois lawmaker has introduced a proposal to jump-start the practice of oil drilling known as “fracking” in southern Illinois....

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — The president and CEO of the Illinois Community College System Foundation says he is retiring after a decade at the post....

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) –  Election officials say the group that wants to take political mapmaking away from lawmakers appears to be short of the...

Authorities have identified the girl who died after a fall at the Garden of the Gods. 12-year-old Jenny Weiland of Ridgway fell 100 feet...

Hunters killed more than 13,500 wild turkeys during the spring season that just ended. The preliminary numbers were down about 600 from the previous...