State and Region News
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Why suburban food pantries expect further stress
Jan 27, 2023 8:13 PM - Illinois' Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits will return to their pre-pandemic levels in March, creating further stress for suburban food pantries that have seen skyrocketing demand due to inflation. -
Nearly 70 vehicles involved in pileups just north of Illinois-Wisconsin border
Jan 27, 2023 6:36 PM - Up to 70 vehicles were involved in pileups Friday afternoon on highways just north of the Illinois-Wisconsin border. -
Wisconsin man charged with causing fatal Beach Park crash
Jan 27, 2023 5:06 PM - Charges were filed this week against the driver who officials said was responsible for an October crash in Beach Park that killed his passenger, Lake County officials said Friday. -
Does bail reform lead to more crime? What 2 Loyola University professors found
Jan 27, 2023 8:16 AM - Amid last year's contentious debate over the SAFE-T Act and the elimination of cash bail in Illinois, a pair of Loyola University Chicago criminal justice professors set out to determine whether bail reform does, as some claimed, lead to more crime. Here's what they found.
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Police: Impaired driver caused crash that killed Round Lake man, son
Jan 26, 2023 7:19 PM - A Round Lake man and his 5-year-old son were killed and other family members injured in a car crash Wednesday in Round Lake Beach that officials said was caused by an impaired driver. -
Illinois attorney general contests 'badly flawed' ruling that blocked end of cash bail
Jan 26, 2023 5:40 PM - The Illinois attorney general's office on Thursday filed its opening argument with the state's highest court as it seeks to overturn a judge's ruling that found parts of the controversial SAFE-T Act unconstitutional.
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1 dead, 8 hospitalized after Chicago high-rise fire starts on 15th floor
Jan 25, 2023 5:58 PM - Chicago authorities said one person has died and eight others were taken to hospitals Wednesday as firefighters responded to a high-rise apartment building fire on the city's South Side, battling flames that leaped up 10 floors as snow fell. -
NRA sues over Illinois ban on semiautomatic weapons
Jan 24, 2023 10:25 PM - Illinois' 2-week-old ban on semiautomatic weapons outlaws "ubiquitous" firearms in "radical" defiance of the Constitution's Second Amendment, a federal lawsuit filed by the National Rifle Association Tuesday claims.
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Giannoulias makes modernization push as new secretary of state
Jan 24, 2023 3:31 PM - For newly sworn-in Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, customer service is the central mission as he assumes the state's second-largest constitutional office, replacing the man who had held it for nearly a quarter century. -
Too naughty to drive: Why Illinois rejected nearly 400 license plate requests in 2022
Jan 23, 2023 6:26 AM - Nearly 400 requests for personalized or vanity license plates were rejected by the Illinois secretary of state's office last year because they were deemed "offensive," joining more than 7,000 other alphanumeric combinations already on the agency's naughty list.
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