Illinois

Officers responded to reports of four children becoming “sluggish and fatigued” after consuming candy handed out by an unknown female.

At least four young people were killed and six others were injured when a car slammed into a daycare in Chatham, Illinois.

The crash occurred just one day after another fatal incident in Nebraska where a plane plummeted into a river and left no survivors.

A house explosion was caught on camera on April 3 in Christopher, Illinois.

A suburban Chicago landlord will go on trial starting Monday for allegedly killing a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy and injuring his mother in an attack law enforcement described as a hate crime.

A lawsuit filed against Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital alleges a surgical sponge was negligently left inside a patient after surgery, according to a complaint filed in McHenry County Circuit Court.

All company-owned Starbucks locations will default to ceramic mugs for customers consuming beverages in stores, and will also bring back condiment bars this week.

“This was my view this morning when I opened the blinds,” wrote Lisa Hendricks, who shared the cute video of the playful animal.

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.