Illinois

The Plainfield Fire Protection District received a call Sunday morning that a semi-trailer truck traveling northbound at Interstate 55 just north of Route 30 had left the highway and landed onto train tracks below.

The Imagination Library is a book-gifting program, “which mails free, high-quality and age-appropriate books to children from birth to age five,” according to a news release from the Will County Executive Office.

Illinois utilities are set to invest more than a billion dollars into upgrading the state’s electric distribution grid, resulting in higher rates for customers around the state

Bird flu has been reported in Woodstock waterfowl and in numerous locations around Illinois. Officials advise the public on how to stay safe if they see dead birds.

Changes that would make Illinois pension systems compliant with Social Security by improving benefits for government employees hired since 2011 could be on the table when lawmakers return to Springfield in January.

After calling 50 witnesses over the last two months, prosecutors in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s federal corruption trial rested their case

The rate increase will go into effect Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025, and will vary by district, with typical residential customers using 3,500 gallons per month with a 5/8-inch meter seeing a $16 monthly increase for water and an $8.50 increase for wastewater services.

A judge declined Wednesday to throw out statements made by a man charged with killing seven people at an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago in 2022.

Prosecutors allege the no-work contracts were meant as bribes to Madigan as Acevedo was a key ally in the Latino Caucus

A top federal prosecutor wasted no time Monday revealing to the jury in ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s trial that the latest witness the government called to the stand wasn’t there voluntarily

The Brandon Road Interbasin Project on the Illinois River in Joliet Township took a significant step forward in addressing the invasive carp problem.

The Illinois Supreme Court declined to issue an order to release former Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson as it considers whether to hear an appeal regarding his pretrial detention

More than five years after Illinois began issuing permits for legal production of industrial hemp, Gov. JB Pritzker said he now favors legislation to bring the industry under tighter regulation

The Will County Center for Economic Development gave its annual report at a breakfast at the Bolingbrook Golf Club Friday, addressing issues of housing, business development, and employment in the county.

Joliet Police Department’s inability to hold itself accountable led one officer to report that other officers knew misconduct like domestic violence and drug use “will not cost them their jobs,” according to the Illinois Attorney General’s Office.

IBM, the tech giant known for revolutionizing computing over the past 70 years, is setting up shop on Chicago’s South Side to develop what could be the field’s next big leap: quantum technology.

Illinois public health officials are warning residents of a rise in whooping cough cases this winter. They're also urging Illinoisans to get vaccinated against respiratory illnesses to prevent severe cases.

The Joliet Police Department has a pattern of engaging in unreasonable force that is “not limited to any one type of force, tactic, or context” and is a violation of constitutional rights, according to a report released Thursday by the Illinois Attorney General’s Office.

Prosecutors called Tom Cullen as a witness as they’re rounding out the last episode in the case against Michael Madigan

A scammer persuaded a New Lenox man to deposit $15,140 into a bitcoin machine by claiming he had been issued a warrant for missing jury duty.

Acevedo is the star of the last episode that prosecutors are seeking to prove in Madigan’s bribery, racketeering and extortion trial

An internal affairs investigation has still not begun over a Will County sheriff lieutenant’s fatal shooting of a bank hostage taker in 2022.

The Illinois Flag Commission this week released 10 potential new designs for the state flag after lawmakers moved in 2023 to explore replacing the current banner

A new report shows fiscal decisions made in recent years have put Illinois in a better position to handle a recession than any time in recent decades

The National Fire Protection Association said U.S. fire departments respond to an estimated average of 853 home structure fires per year that began with holiday decorations, excluding Christmas trees,

After an extraordinarily short day of trial Monday, jurors may only remember one detail: those high up in Gov. JB Pritzker’s 2018 campaign had nicknamed then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan “Sphinx.”

Illinois’ gun ban will remain in place, at least until a federal appeals court hears full arguments challenging a lower court ruling that found the law unconstitutional

The National Weather Service expects temperatures to drop later this week with wind chills as low as 20 degrees below zero

Meridian, a major health insurance provider especially for income-qualifying patients using Medicaid, will no longer accept Northwestern Medicine health system in network come Jan. 1, confirmed a Northwestern spokesman. "Tens of thousands" of patients will be impacted, he said.

A frustrated Will County judge warned a former attorney for convicted ex-Bolingbrook police officer Drew Peterson that he will face a new contempt case if he continued to interrupt and talk over her.

Republican lobbyist testifies about ‘crazy parking lot disaster’ at heart of Michael Madigan corruption trial

At the end of the three-page list, Madigan’s former chief of staff Jessica Basham noted that 43 of the 91 recommendations had been taken up by the Pritzker administration

The State Board of Health, a division of IDPH, is primarily responsible for any changes to Illinois’ vaccine requirements, even if recommendations change at the federal level

Gov. JB Pritzker appointed Teresa Ramos to be the first permanent secretary of the newly-formed Illinois Department of Early Childhood

Four years before police said he caused a crash that killed DeKalb County sheriff’s deputy Christina Musil, Nathan Sweeney pleaded guilty to DUI and possessing heroin – an offense that, if properly reported, should have revoked his driver’s license. The state was never notified.

Danny Solis’ extraordinary cooperation deal will see the single bribery charge that was eventually pressed against him in 2022 dropped so long as prosecutors are satisfied with the truthfulness of his testimony in the trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan

The first professions to be licensed under the new system are clinical psychologists, music therapists and nail technicians

A former Joliet city employee claims in a lawsuit that a former city manager and two others fired her in 2022 in retaliation for exercising her rights under the Family Medical Leave Act.

Attorneys for a priest on a relic tour in Joliet claimed he was “building rapport” when he joked about a female student's hair and touched her hair. The Diocese of Joliet says the attorneys' "narrative is incomplete."

A Harvey man convicted of a 2019 shooting was not placed on house arrest when he was allowed jail release in Will County, just weeks before he was charged with killing a Chicago police officer, according to court records and prosecutors.

Education officials from five statewide organizations are pushing for fundamental changes in the way student achievement is measured each year and how schools are held accountable for meeting the state’s academic standards.

For the second time in the span of seven months, then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan called up Chicago Ald. Danny Solis after reading about a proposed real estate development in the alderman’s ward.

A state watchdog has identified at least $7.2 million in fraudulent claims and more than 275 instances of misconduct by state employees accused of bilking a federal program designed to help businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Then-Chicago Ald. Danny Solis had already been cooperating with the FBI for a little more than a year in June 2017 when he received an unexpected voicemail from powerful Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.

After years of planning, western access to O’Hare International Airport is starting to be measured in cement.

Thanksgiving and the day before are the top two days in the U.S. for the chance of a cooking fire to happen in someone’s home.

Monday will be the last day of operations for the Illinois Secretary of State's office in Lockport.

The first snowfall of the season in the forecast for this week. Illinois Department of Transportation offers these winter driving tips, including don't follow snow plows too closely.

Following almost a year of legal battles and fierce public opposition from many customers, water utility Aqua Illinois is set to raise its rates in 2025, impacting water customers in 14 northern Illinois counties.

A long-awaited bill to stop Illinois organizations from paying subminimum wage to workers with disabilities will soon head to Gov. JB Pritzker’s desk after being approved by the Senate