Gun violence prevention rally
Crime
3 months ago
Gun violence prevention action committee releases 2025 Gun Safety Report Card ahead of 2026 elections

The report highlights the lawmakers who supported reforms aimed at preventing dangerous individuals from obtaining firearms, safeguarding children and at-risk individuals from gun access, and strengthening enforcement of existing gun laws.

Christopher Coleman
Crime
3 months ago
UPDATE: Arrest made in weekend Springfield shooting death

Christopher Coleman, 29, was originally arrested on unrelated charges.

Business
3 months ago
UI prof on e-scooter popularity

Rideshares are up but bikeshares are down.

Crime
3 months ago
Fatal crash outrages IL Freedom Caucus

Coles County board member and his wife died; driver and passenger in other vehicle were undocumented.

Sports
3 months ago
Welcome dome

27-team softball tournament inaugurates Scheels Sports Park in “soft opening.”

Sonya Massey’s father, James Wilburn, speaks outside the Peoria County Courthouse in Peoria, Ill. on Wednesday, October 29, 2025. (AP Photo/John O’Connor)
Local
3 months ago
Sonya Massey’s family, friends speak in detail following second-degree murder conviction of Grayson

“I think we were looking for full justice.  We only got partial justice.”

ICE agents
IL State News
3 months ago
Video shows immigration agent punching restrained man after car collision turns into confrontation

“It is an outrage,” Biss said. “Our message for ICE is simple: Get the hell out of Evanston.”

Crime
3 months ago
Man shot to death in Springfield early Saturday

Police say “This is an ongoing investigation.”

Sangamon County Complex
Local
3 months ago
Illinois lawmakers approve ban on immigration arrests near courthouses

Democratic Senate President Don Harmon, a lead sponsor, acknowledged the measure will face a court challenge.

Jose Jeronimo Guardian, 48, was detained for deportation at the Clinton County Courthouse on Monday, October 27, 2025, in Carlyle, Illinois. The men who arrested Guardian declined to identify themselves and took him out of the courthouse in handcuffs. Guardian is undocumented and was attempting to go to a Spanish-language traffic court for charges unrelated to his immigration status. (Illinois Answers Project photo by Janelle O’Dea)
IL State News
3 months ago
‘They are literally targeting people.’ ICE comes to southern Illinois

Man detained at Spanish-speaking traffic court in Clinton County is a first in the area.

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