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

A committee of experts that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is critical in setting national vaccine ...

Hundreds of shootings have been deterred through community violence intervention. It's more important than ever for the Legislature to keep funding the Reimagining Public Safety Act and further expand ...

Many of our hometowns are preparing for the snow and have declared snow emergencies in advance. Here's a breakdown of what ...

Wednesday’s forecast call for approximately four inches of snow in Macon County and a glazing of ice in the counties south of the area.

The sale of poultry at swap meets, exhibitions, flea markets and auction markets has been suspended for the next 30 days under an Illinois Department of Agriculture order intended to reduce and ...

The lawsuit, announced with fanfare, may be on shaky ground legally, but it carries a message about the Trump ...

While U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced legal action Wednesday against New York officials over a 2019 state law allowing immigrants to obtain state-issued driver’s licenses ...

The lawsuit, which also names the state of Illinois, is the latest effort to crack down on ... The first Trump White House also tried to deny public safety grants to sanctuary jurisdictions, but ...

The Illinois state government is hiring for hundreds of open positions statewide, including some in the metro-east. Unemployment saw a slight decline from 5.3% to 5.2% in the Land of Lincoln in ...

A new chief of security was named for Knox County Schools on Friday. Carlo J. Granillo will start in the position in March.