A judge has ordered the state of Illinois to expand the qualifying conditions for medical marijuana use to include incurable pain. The order issued...

Attorneys for a man accused of kidnapping and killing University of Illinois scholar Yinying Zhang are asking a judge to dismiss a main charge...

Illinois will postpone submitting fresh voter data to a controversial multi-state voter registration database because the Kansas-based program hasn’t offered an updated security plan....

Two Southern Illinois men living in the United States illegally have been sentenced to serve time in federal prison before being deported. Both had...

An Anna man has been sentenced to four years in state prison on sex abuse charges. In a news release, Union County States Attorney...

Governor Bruce Rauner is signing a new law that focuses on the needs of the state’s female prison population. The law helps create a...

One man was killed in a single vehicle crash on Interstate 57 in Jefferson County. According to State Police, 74-year-old William Calabretta, of Willowbrook,...

A Shawneetown man has been charged with five counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault of a child. According to Hamilton County State’s Attorney Justin...

State health officials are advising anyone who was at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport last Wednesday and hasn’t been vaccinated for measles to get tested...

Illinois lawmakers have formed a subcommittee to explore state policies over decentralized digital currencies like bitcoin. The Department of Financial and Professional Regulation doesn’t...