SPRINGFIELD – A bipartisan group of lawmakers are backing legislation that seeks to modernize the way the Illinois State Police processes and issues Firearm Owners Identification…
A Chicago man, who police say is a convicted felon and documented street gang member, has been charged with selling cocaine to and buying guns from Lake County undercover detectives…
Three individuals have been indicted on felony charges related to alleged efforts to impede the recent trial of members of a Peoria street gang. Arraignment for Demoney Coleman, 21,…
The Lake County Sheriff’s Warrants Team and Patrol Division said it has seized three illegally held firearms. On Nov. 18, the team executed an emergency firearms restraining…
A Russian businessman who attempted to leave the United States with 11 suitcases full of firearms components April 2017 was sentenced to 18 months in prison on March 22. Konstantin…
A federal jury in East Saint Louis has returned a guilty verdict in a case involving an illegal alien. Gustavo Alvarez-Gomez, 23, a native of El Salvador, was convicted of unlawfully…
A jury has convicted 13 members of the Peoria street gang known as Bomb Squad for conspiracy to organize and operate the gang as a criminal enterprise that has plagued the Peoria community…
SPRINGFIELD — Rep. Kathleen Willis’ bill to increase Firearm Owner’s Identification card fees and mandate fingerprinting was not brought to a vote by the Senate before the end…
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Democratic leadership gets behind Williamson’s ...Republican Amy Grant, R-47th, was first elected to the state House in ...
