A Decatur man who admitted to police he shot a man — who later died from his injuries — has been charged with shooting in the ...

January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month, a time to shed light on a crime Illinois State Police say is far more common, ...

Decatur Mayor, Julie Moore Wolfe and Police Chief, Brad Allen, held a press conference Monday afternoon to address violence ...

Decatur police leaders and community partners are doubling down on efforts to curb violence following a recent spike in ...

Michael D. McKee, 39, was taken into custody “without incident” in Rockford, Columbus police said Saturday. He has been ...

The Springfield Fire Department responded to a fire at a two-story residential home in the 1100 block of N. 4th St. at 3:38 a ...

A 27-year-old man has died following a Friday morning shooting in Decatur, and police said another man provided detectives ...

A Decatur man was sentenced to almost two decades in prison after he pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography.

Harry Shull is quoted as admitting he downloaded child pornography involving victims under the age of 12. Kelly Nichols was ...

One of the first police officers to respond to the 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, goes on trial Monday on charges ...

"The electricity industry changes fast, and its realities don’t lend themselves to inflexible ideologies," writes the Chicago ...

Federal and state prosecutors now say a single gang faction on Chicago’s South Side committed 14 murders and shot at least 18 ...