Story and photos by Sgt. Kassidy Snyder, Illinois National Guard Public Affairs Office . Each year the Congressional Medal of Honor Society Convention is held in a different location.

As members of the Illinois National Guard, we’re just here to help.” The assistance comes as nearly 1.1 million people across Illinois have been infected with the virus.

SPRINGFIELD — More than 250 Illinois Army National Guard Soldiers are about to celebrate the New Year ... The soldiers are from four different units with varied missions and deployment locations.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) – An Illinois Army National Guard Solider jumped into action and saved an elderly woman's life at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, Illinois.

The state of Illinois has repaired and digitized 57 maps that the Illinois National Guard used during World War I to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the war.

As members of the Illinois National Guard, we’re just here to help.” The assistance comes as nearly 1.1 million people across Illinois have been infected with the virus.

With positive cases of coronavirus down in Illinois, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Wednesday that more than 500 members of the state’s National Guard will wrap up their missions at the 11 state ...

The Illinois National Guard is set to deploy about 140 members to Washington D.C. ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s second inauguration on Monday. The force will include 100 military ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WREX) — Illinois Army National Guard Brig. Gen. Henry Dixon was recently appointed to a key post for the U.S. Army Central Command. He has ties that not many can say to Dixon ...

ROCKFORD — Sunil Puri's phone rang a little after 10 a.m. on a Thursday. On the other end was Mayor Tom McNamara, who was scrambling to find a site for the Illinois National Guard to mobilize a ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Illinois National Guard members departed from Peoria Thursday to play a role in the unprecedented security perimeter being placed around the Capitol Mall. EDITORS NOTE: On Jan. 20 ...