As suburban police tout the crime-fighting benefits of striking deals for access to video from Amazon's Ring doorbell cameras, several critics, including a prominent civil-rights organization, are raising concerns about privacy and about law enforce...

Several lawmakers have called for McHenry County Board Chairman Jack Franks to resign after last week's revelation that the Illinois State Police has been investigating Franks for sexual misconduct and stalking allegations. The allegations date back...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Red-light enforcement cameras, at the center of an ex-state senator's guilty plea last week on federal bribery charges, would be banned in some suburban Chicago communities under legislation a House committee approved Wednes...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A 25-story West Los Angeles apartment tower that caught fire, forcing firefighters to pluck stranded people from the rooftop and a ledge, had no sprinklers even though the same building burned seven years ago, authorities said. Fl...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Firefighters made a dramatic ladder rescue of a man about to jump from a burning Los Angeles apartment building on Wednesday and helicopters plucked people from the roof of the 25-story high-rise as other terrified residents fled ...

The following are the governor's remarks as prepared for delivery: Speaker Madigan, President Harmon, Leader Durkin, Leader Brady, Lt. Gov. Stratton, my fellow constitutional officers, members of the General Assembly, distinguished guests and people...

She's only 4 months old, but Scarlett Soeder was the star of the show at Monday night's Barrington village board meeting. It was just two months ago that Barrington firefighters and police rushed to Scarlett's home when her mother, Claudia Del Fiacc...

In 2018, the average amount spent on public pensions by 74 suburbs was equal to one-third of what those towns collected in property taxes. In a few suburbs, the amount spent on pension debt was almost as much as the total amount property owners paid...