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On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Big Money Show,” Illinois State Sen. Willie Preston (D) discussed a report that 55 Chicago public schools have no students who are proficient in math and reading and called for an investigation into where the billions of dollars Chicago’s public schools have...

ILLINOIS — A Fayette County woman has been indicted on 19 counts related to a conspiracy to defraud victims and use stolen identities, federal prosecutors announced. Elizabeth Conrad, 54, of Ramsey, is accused of working as a “money mule” for scammers from June 2020 to September 2022. A federal grand jury returned an...

Whiskey Acres Blue Popcorn Bourbon, made in DeKalb, Illinois, has advanced to the final 8 in the 2025 "Maker's Madness" contest, which is a bracket-style tournament in which voters across the state vote for their favorite Illinois-made product.

Gov. JB Pritzker signed a law to restore Shabbona Lake State Park, about 1,500 acres in DeKalb County, to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. His action Friday comes nearly a year after the group became the first federally recognized tribal nation in Illinois. Previously, Illinois had been one of 15 states without a...

The last men incarcerated at Stateville Correctional Center have been transferred out of the aging facility as of Monday, bringing the 100-year-old prison to a close, according to the Illinois Department of Corrections. In letters to WTTW News, men said they were told they’d be in the facility’s medical unit...

Safety always comes first, however, as every year, every sheriff's officer has to be gun range certified.

CHICAGO — U.S. Postal Inspectors have arrested a man for possessing a mail carrier’s master key and stealing letters from a mailbox on the Northwest Side. Chicago police helped postal inspectors detain Donald Hill, 35, in the 6900 block of West Belmont around 5:40 a.m. last Thursday, March 20, according to a CPD...

(The Center Square) – Englewood residents could now face felony gun charges without officers being required to have the case reviewed and approved by the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office beforehand. A collaboration between the Chicago Police Department and the office of new Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen...

CHICAGO - A 16-year-old boy was charged with shooting a 19-year-old man inside a business earlier this month on Chicago's West Side. Around 8 p.m. on March 8, the pair got into an argument while the 19-year-old was inside a retail store in the 5000 block of West Madison Street, police said.

A Chicago man's ride at breakneck speeds, clocking at 113 mph during a police chase, ended with him behind bars and without the chance for pre-trial release. DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin shared that Judge Jeffrey MacKay favored the state in denying Kevin Culps, 28, any pre-trial freedom following his...