MCLEANSBORO, Ill. (WSIL) -- The McLeansboro Police Department's K9 Polo is set to receive a bullet and stab protective vest. The vest comes from a charitable donation by the non-profit ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — State Senate Republicans, worried about childcare deserts in rural and urban Illinois, hope to give some relief to families with a package of bills. A place is ...

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois House Republicans waited too long to file a lawsuit challenging legislative maps drawn in 2021, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. As a result, the Democrat ...

Illinois lawmakers head into the final days of their spring session this week looking for ways to close a substantial gap in the budget. Pharmacy benefit manager reform heads to Pritzker's desk ...

Tara was born in Dixon, IL, on August 16, 1954, to Ethna (Savage) and Roderick Geary. She was raised in Polo, IL, attended Polo High School, then Sauk Valley Community College, and later studied ...

That’s despite their winning just 55% of the vote. This tells any fair-minded person that Illinois has a map problem. Democrats have drawn the 118 House districts in such a way as to reduce the ...

The Republican leader of the Illinois House and five voters on Tuesday filed a lawsuit asking the state Supreme Court to throw out the legislative district map as unconstitutionally drawn to favor ...

Eric Henderson is Managing Editor, Midwest for CBSNews.com. He has won three Emmy Awards, an Eric Sevareid Award and two Edward R. Murrow Awards.

Google Maps and Waze both have features that allow users to report police activity along their route, and in a bid to use that for safety, the Illinois State Police has partnered with Google to ...

The Cicada Safari app allows users to submit pictures and video of cicadas in their area, which builds an interactive map tracking the species as they emerge this year. Illinois is getting a visit ...

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