The Trump administration is considering using the National Guard for immigration enforcement, setting up a possible states' ...

A little over five years ago, Maj. Gen. Richard Neely took the Illinois National Guard flag in a chain of command ceremony. On May 4, Neely, the adjutant general for Illinois and commander of the ...

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 ...

The Illinois National Guard is set to deploy around 140 members to Washington, D.C. ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's second inauguration on Monday.

Airmen with the 182nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard, de-ice a C-130H Hercules in Peoria, ...

Governor Pritzker says courts will likely be the deciding factor, if President Trump attempts to deploy the Illinois National Guard in-state, but thinks that won’t happen.

The appointment of Boyd by Gov. JB Pritzker, who serves as commander-in-chief of the Illinois National Guard, makes history. The Chicago native will be the first Black officer and person of color ...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker says that approximately 150 members of the state’s National Guard will be in Chicago during the Democratic National Convention this week, but emphasized they are ...

MOUNT VERNON — Around 550 soldiers with the Illinois Army National Guard will be deployed overseas in support of Operation Spartan Shield, with the primary mission of securing and protecting ...