State Rep. Sharon Chung, police Sgt. Kiel Nowers and Immigration Project's Charlotte Alvarez discuss local impact of ...

After petitioners gathered more than enough signatures, voters in Fort Calhoun would get to vote on a possible Omaha police gun range just east of the Washington County city. An effort to recall the ...

The Cook County state's attorney said her office, the second-largest prosecutor's office in the U.S., is now making domestic violence cases a priority after a number of recent murders tied to domestic ...

Illinois Secretary of State, Alexi Giannoulias, joins Bob Sirott to talk about the opening of a Real ID “supercenter” in the ...

The Illinois Department of Human Rights sent a letter reminding local governments that they do not have the authority to restrict homeless people from having camping in public spaces, as this ...

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court said the Bay State can impose strict gun laws on out-of-state residents. The ...

Authorities say they are looking for 36-year-old Ricky Vargas, who is accused in the killing of Hawthorne resident Richard Franceschi in 2024.

Prosecutors charged Nikita Casap with two felonies. Neither is related to the deaths of his mother and stepfather.

Ald. Brian Hopkins said a large group of teenagers was being kicked out of the AMC on Illinois Street on Sunday evening when one pulled a gun from his backpack and fired five to six rounds of bullets.

As the deadline to obtain a Real ID nears and demand to get one spikes, the Illinois Secretary of State's Office will soon ...

"It's been shocking," the woman told the Sun-Times in a brief interview as she headed to the airport Monday morning with her ...