Each county in Illinois also has a sheriff. The sheriff is an elected position, and sheriffs serve a four-year term. Cook ...

A kidnapping victim was rescued by Illinois State Police in Crestwood Friday morning. Oak Park police said that at about 1 a.m., woman reported that her vehicle was taken by her daughter's ...

Measures include thumb-turn locks on classroom doors, security cameras, emergency response drills, police dogs trained to ...

A federal appeals court has upheld singer R. Kelly's racketeering convictions and a 30-year prison sentence, finding he ...

News from around the Southland includes items from Richton Park, Park Forest, Olympia Fields, Tinley Park, Mount Greenwood ...

The auto sear, or “Glock switch,” converts a handgun into a weapon that fires 120 rounds a minute. The lawsuit wants Glock to ...

Hundreds of requests for pardons and clemency petitions for federal convictions are filed each year, but usually just a few result in a presidential pardon or commutation of sentence. Recent ...

Just one month into the year, the city already has run through well over half of the $82 million that Mayor Brandon Johnson set aside for 2025 to cover police misconduct settlements and judgments. And ...

President Donald Trump's transportation secretary is instructing his department to prioritize projects for states with higher ...

The Department of Justice is suing Chicago, the state of Illinois and Cook County over sanctuary city policies.

"Border Czar" Tom Homan on Thursday said operational leaks endanger agents and he expects drug cartels to escalate violence ...