According to Giannoulias, police in Mount Prospect, 24 miles (39 kilometers) northwest of Chicago, shared license-plate data with the sheriff in Johnson County, Texas, who was looking for a woman ...

An Illinois man thought his home was being burglarized, grabbed his handgun and opened fire. But the Lake County Sheriff’s Office says it all was a dream and the 62-year-old woke up to find ...

Oak Park Police Detective Allan Reddins, 40, was allegedly shot and killed by violent career criminal Jerell Thomas, marking the first on-duty death the quiet Chicago village has seen in 86 years.

Illinois House Bill 3751 only allows non-citizens who are eligible to work in the U.S. and are authorized to possess firearms under federal law to become police officers. Contrary to confusion on ...

During the Elgin Police Department Memorial Service, 10 Illinois law enforcement officers who died in 2024 were remembered.

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — Illinois State Police are marking the 20th anniversary of the death of Master Sergeant Stanley Talbot.

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias has asked for an investigation into a suburban Chicago police department for allegedly sharing data from automatic license-plate readers with a Texas ...