Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Revenue have announced the availability of disaster tax relief for people ...

In Ruffner’s fire management class, SIU forestry students are following the headlines closely, letting current events in California lead their learning in a way textbooks never could.

From the wildfires raging in Southern California to devastating floods on the eastern seaboard, the impact of those disasters ...

An Illinois fire department says the systems needed to fight a fire as large as the ones in California don't exist.

Federal immigration agents conducted the first large-scale arrest operation under the Trump administration, resulting in nearly 500 arrests. According to U.S. Customs and ...

Illinois joined a list of states filing a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s new executive order aiming to end ...

As flames continue to linger across Los Angeles, Bloomington-Normal residents reflect on the ongoing destruction while others ...

A Republican state senator says migrant sanctuary policies enacted by Illinois Democrats are "getting people killed." ...

Arellano, 33, was sentenced on Friday, Jan. 17, in a federal court in Chicago after he pleaded guilty last year to a federal drug charge.

A number of bird flu cases have been reported in the Chicago area in recent weeks, leading to many questions about how quickly the virus is spreading and how worried residents should be.

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - In 2024, almost 4,000 homes, condos and townhouses were sold in Winnebago, Boone and Ogle counties marking an increase from 2023 and a noteworthy year for the Rockford housing ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Texas and Florida are growing rapidly. California, Illinois and New York are shrinking. With America's population shifting to the South, political influence is seeping from ...