Illinois students struggling to get traditional college loans now have a new option to help with the costs of higher ...

On a list of the five American cities with the highest property taxes, the first four are all in Illinois, according to a new ...

A Rockford man was sentenced to eight years for illegal gun possession after pleading guilty. The case is part of a federal ...

Illinois State Representative Darin LaHood visited Rockford to mark the 75th anniversary of chemical company Thermo-Fisher, ...

Illinois Secretary of State and State Librarian Alexi Giannoulias announced over $1.3 million in grants to school libraries ...

Deputy Christina Musil of the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department and two Rockford-area K-9s will be honored at a state ceremony recognizing officers killed in the line of duty.

"Dick Durbin is, and will always be, a giant of the United States Senate," wrote U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois ...