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Military personnel in uniform, with the Texas National Guard patch on, are seen at the U.S. Army Reserve Center, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025, in Elwood, Ill., a suburb of Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
IL State News
8 months ago
National Guard members from Texas are in Illinois in Trump’s latest move to send troops to cities

The Associated Press saw military personnel in uniforms with the Texas National Guard patch at the U.S. Army Reserve Center in Elwood, 55 miles southwest of Chicago.

Scam Alert
Local
8 months ago
State warns of new phishing scam involving bank information

The scammer tries to get you to turn over your banking information by saying you have a tax refund coming.

Federal enforcement officers stand guard near a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Ore., Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
IL State News
8 months ago
Illinois braces for possible National Guard arrival while lawsuit challenging deployment simmers

“He wants to justify and normalize the presence of armed soldiers under his direct command,” Pritzker said of Trump.

Voters cast their ballots in Springfield during the 2024 general election in November. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)
IL State News
8 months ago
Senate candidates talk ICE and Trump policies at candidate forum

Nine candidates asked questions on a number of topics, most notably immigration.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson take questions about the city’s lawsuit against the federal deployment of troops to Illinois.
IL State News
8 months ago
Judge won’t block federal troop deployment to Chicago — for now

Arguments scheduled for Thursday while National Guardsmen travel, train.

The bus used in the "Makers on the Move" bus tour is displayed at Ace Sign Company Monday.
Business
8 months ago
Bus tour highlights manufacturing — and youth involvement

A Springfield youth won a contest to design the bus wrap used.

Local
8 months ago
Budzinski: 56,000 families could lose access to vital assistance due to shutdown

“We need Democrats and Republicans to come to the table”

ICE agents
IL State News
8 months ago
UPDATE: Chicago and Illinois sue to stop Trump’s Guard deployment plan after Portland ruling

“The American people, regardless of where they reside, should not live under the threat of occupation by the United States military, particularly not simply because their city or state leadership has fallen out of a president’s favor,” the lawsuit says.

Education
8 months ago
UI prof’s book mines the drama of WWII

Despite the national unity and shared sacrifice, “There are plenty of soldiers who want to just go home, who desert.”

Crime
8 months ago
1 hurt after shooting near Millikin University, others hurt in weekend shooting elsewhere in Decatur

One shooting near Millikin University, another elsewhere in Decatur.