The Willard Ice Building in Springfield, IL, commemorates its 40th anniversary with recognition from officials and the local ...

Illinois lawmakers address a $3.2 billion projected budget deficit, sparking debates over spending and priorities.

SPRINGFIELD (WGEM) - Public employees, including teachers, firefighters and police officers, descended upon the Illinois ...

Security has been beefed up here at the state Capitol. The Secretary of State’s Office has added more police officers to ...

Two Chicago-area men, one a retired professional boxer and another a convicted burglar, have been hit with federal charges ...

Michael Mollo Jr., of Oak Lawn, and Emil Kozeluh, of Palos Heights, are accused of clashing with police and storming the ...

A federal judge has overturned Illinois’ ban on semiautomatic weapons, leaning on recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings that ...

Federal charges have been filed against two suburban men accused of storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. 44-year-old Michael Mollo Jr., an Oak Lawn resident, and 41-year-old Emil ...

The case against Michael Mollo Jr. and Emil Kozeluh is immediately in doubt because President-elect Donald Trump has promised ...

Illinois’ Democratic leaders promised a vigorous defense ... when his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol as part of a deadly ...

Daniel Schmidt reportedly went into the building and walked past numerous other voters waiting in line to enter the voting ...

as Capitol Police struggled to hold back the crowd, leave and then re-enter the building. Richard Andrews allegedly threw a chair through closed shutters at the Capitol building, reopening them ...