Prosecutors say a DeSoto man charged in an 8-year-old boy’s death later tried to hire an inmate to kill his mother.

Illinois homelessness fell 6%, but chronic homelessness rose as the state faces a growing affordable housing shortage.

Gov. JB Pritzker met with Commissioner Roger Goodell, Bears board member Pat Ryan and lawmakers to talk Bears stadium deal ...

Illinois data centers could create 121,000 jobs but raise electric bills as lawmakers weigh new industry regulations.

This summer, scammers convinced a 78-year-old Marion woman that her Edward Jones Investment accounts had been compromised, and that she needed to buy more than $800,000 in gold bars and give it to a ...

Soph Levinson is a photojournalism student at Southern Illinois University Carbondale and is a member of The Saluki Local Reporting Lab.

William Mize is a journalism student at Southern Illinois University Carbondale and is a member of The Saluki Local Reporting Lab.

Union County prosecutor Tyler Tripp agreed to reduce felony aggravated battery charges to misdemeanors in abuse cases against Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center workers caught on tape ...

Dozens of state and local elected officials signed a letter asking the Illinois Commerce Commission to reject Peoples Gas’ $144 million rate hike request and to reform its long-embattled pipeline ...