SPRINGFIELD — A group of Illinois lawmakers on Feb. 18 declined to block the Illinois State Police from implementing new administrative rules governing firearms dealers. Those rules…
SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois State Police director said this week that his department has stepped up illegal firearm ownership enforcement methods, but it needs greater resources to…
New rules governing how retail gun dealers do business go into effect Friday, Jan. 17 and include the types of records they must keep, how weapons and ammunition are to be stored and…
REGION Eureka College partners with ICC on degrees Illinois Central College and Eureka College have teamed up to help students gain their baccalaureate degrees. Through a special…
SPRINGFIELD — Drivers in Illinois who injure roadside workers or fail to obey construction zone signals now face the possibility of enhanced fines, and even jail time. Gov. J.B. Pritzker…
SPRINGFIELD — When an Illinois Senate panel met in March to discuss the state’s backlog of untested forensic evidence, there were more than 70 DNA samples in murder cases more than…
Trooper’s death elevates violent crime concerns The shooting death of an Illinois State Police (ISP) trooper, killed while executing a search warrant in East St. Louis, is spurring…
Effort seeks new interest in Metro East brownfields Much of Metro East’s considerable inventory of abandoned commercial and industrial land could be redeveloped through better utilization…
