The Village of Dolton is looking to acquire the childhood home of Pope Leo XIV and work with the Archdiocese of Chicago to ...

Chatham Police told Illinois' WCIA News that four people were killed and six others injured Monday after a car crashed through an after-school building. Chatham is located just three miles south ...

A fire Wednesday night at a senior apartment complex in Nashville, Illinois, prompted the American ... Fire Department led the response, with the Hoyleton, Addieville, Ashley, Okawville, Carlyle ...

Authorities on Sunday were investigating after a single-engine plane crashed into a road and an adjacent field near Mattoon, Illinois, killing all four occupants. “Preliminary information ...

BELLEVILLE, Ill. — Illinois Election results are coming in for several key municipal races across Illinois, including the high-profile mayoral contests in Belleville and Alton. Incumbent Mayor ...

Elgin Police Department The car belonging to a woman who disappeared more than 40 years ago has been found in an Illinois river. Karen Schepers disappeared on April 16, 1983, at the age of 23 ...

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 ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

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 ...

Illinois state Rep. Ryan Spain ... Republican voting power because of gerrymandering in the legislative district map, at the state Capitol Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, in Springfield, Ill.

More than three years after the state’s legislative map became law and after two election cycles during which it was in effect, Illinois House Republicans on Tuesday asked the state Supreme ...