From Capitol News Illinois: The bill specifies that Metra is allowed to reach agreements to provide service outside the Chicago area “when it is deemed beneficial to the state”

A Shabbona home is a total loss after a Thursday fire broke out, leaving an estimated $350,000 in damages, Fire Chief Joseph Herrmann announced.

Northern Illinois University has a new police chief, and he's a 21-year veteran of the department and a university alumnus himself.

A car rolled over after a crash Saturday near Woodstock.

What’s a better framing for the reserve, 2% or $29 million? What about Pritzker’s proposal versus what Democrats formally budgeted: who wanted to pull which levers of power at what time or, from the other side, who was willing to bear the criticism if the money doesn’t move?

The death of college student Anna Schneider of Sleepy Hollow was reclassified as a homicide three years ago. Her parents say they haven't seen justice.

A petitioner for an unknown company wants to build a major data center on 560 acres in DeKalb just south of another 500-acre data center campus owned by Meta

Jesus Simms, 32, of Joliet, is accused of stabbing a 45-year-old man multiple times near South Ottawa and McDonough streets on Tuesday evening

Two civil lawsuits from women identified as Jane Doe have been filed against a Batavia chiropractor who is facing criminal charges that he secretly filmed patients while they were naked, according to the court filings.