Top-ranking Republican state Rep. Ron Sandack says he's resigning from the Illinois House, citing "cyber security issues." Sandack has used...

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Gunfire erupted at a nightclub hosting a swimsuit-themed party for teens in Florida, leaving two teens dead and at least 17 other...

WASHINGTON — The FBI said Monday it is investigating how thousands of Democratic National Committee emails were hacked, a breach that Hillary...

OAKFORD - Donations poured in Monday to support two young boys who lost their parents in a house fire in Menard County early Sunday.Vincent and Jolene Hudspeth couldn't escape their burning home at 303 Oakford St. when a fire broke out sometime around 2 a...

About 450 City Water, Light and Power customers at 45 locations scattered across Springfield remained without power at 9 p.m. Monday after two rounds of heavy thunderstorms with lightning raked through the area overnight.The two storms -- one that began r...

WILLIAMSVILLE - Lightning likely started a fire that destroyed a brand-new building in Samuel Jones Park in Williamsville Sunday night.Village President Tom Yokely said the 40-by-60-foot structure housed a concession stand, restrooms, a utility room and a...

A 27-year-old Madison County woman was seriously injured Monday afternoon when the car she was driving rear-ended a tractor-trailer on Illinois 108 near Standard City Road in Macoupin County.Cassie Beckert of Alhambra had to be extricated from her car and...

High-profile Republican Ron Sandack has resigned from the Illinois House after saying he faced unspecified "cyber-security issues."Sandack, the vocal floor leader for the GOP minority in the House, would not comment beyond a statement Sunday that his re...

Unauthorized metal-scrapping operations continued as recently as this month at the former Pillsbury Mills plant despite a judge's order blocking further work at the site, according to state environmental regulatorsInspectors were unable to determine who w...

CHICAGO - Two separate efforts have arisen in Illinois that attempt to alter laws governing sex offenders in Illinois.A group of five registered child sex offenders has filed a federal lawsuit in Chicago, saying Illinois sex offender laws are unconstituti...