Illinois

New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy has signed a law to prohibit book bans in the state and enshrine protections against civil and criminal charges for librarians who comply with the law.

Far-right streamer and influencer Nick Fuentes has been accused of battery after allegedly spraying a woman with pepper spray when she appeared at his front door in Illinois last month as his refrain “Your body, my choice” was going viral.

An Illinois officer is being hailed a hero after he jumped into action within minutes when a pregnant woman called 911 to say her brakes had suddenly stopped working and she was quickly approaching a lake.

A man was shot and killed by police after he allegedly threatened residents and staff of a suburban assisted living facility with a chainsaw on Sunday.

The Brookfield Zoo in Chicago prepared a Thanksgiving dinner for its zoo animals on Monday.

A 2-year-old boy was stabbed to death by his 6-year-old brother inside a Joliet residence Friday afternoon, according to authorities.

Authorities in Springfield released police body camera video showing the deadly shooting of Sonya Massey that occurred during a tense moment over a pot of water in her home.

Here are five things to know about J.B. Pritzker, the 43rd governor of Illinois.

A massive 100-foot-wide sinkhole opened up in an Illinois soccer field this week, with video capturing the moment it swallowed a light pole and bleachers in the field.

The formation of a 100-foot-wide sink hole was captured on nearby surveillance camera at an Illinois park Wednesday morning. Footage shows an area between two soccer and football fields open up sending a light pole crashing down.

One person was killed in a home explosion in a northwest Chicago suburb Tuesday evening, authorities said.

Keith Fahrney was driving home from class in Rockford, Illinois, when he saw a woman being attacked by the man accused of killing four people and injuring seven others during a stabbing spree.

A mother who was injured in an Illinois stabbing spree Wednesday said that if it wasn’t for her son, who was also attacked, she and her daughter might not have survived after the attacker entered their home.

Tamekia Swint is the founder of Styles 4 Kidz, a non-profit salon in Illinois that focuses on textured hair education for transracial adoptive parents and their children.

An Oak Park man received the surprise delivery of a lifetime earlier this month when a police officer delivered his food following the arrest of the man’s delivery driver.

Timothy Bliefnick, 39, was sentenced Friday to three consecutive life sentences during a hearing in Adams County Circuit Court in Quincy, according to court records.

An historic mansion in a northwest Chicago suburb will change hands for what is now only the second time in over a century.

A castle house designed by a father to fulfill his daughter’s childhood dream has now hit the market in Barrington Hills, Illinois.

A commercial-grade firework exploded in the face of an Illinois man as he was investigating why it hadn’t detonated. Investigators in Lake County say the 58-year-old man was looking into the tube containing the firework when it launched and exploded Sunday night. He is in critical condition at a hospital. Following the accident, authorities turned over other fireworks the man...

Body camera video from the Peoria County Sheriff’s Department shows deputies using a blanket to catch a 5-year-old child dropped out of a burning building in Illinois.