The Decatur Police Department needs the public's help in locating a person suspected of starting a structure fire, this ...

DECATUR — Police said a Decatur man reported Saturday evening that he had been beaten and robbed by a gunman who accosted him on the street. Sgt. Timothy Maxwell with the Decatur Police Department ...

A suspect fled to the Hy-Vee grocery store Friday morning after a stabbing at a nearby apartment building, Bloomington police ...

More than 150 people attended a town hall meeting Thursday night at Streator High School to discuss recent violence in the ...

Dave Hinton is editor of The News-Gazette's 'Our Communities' section. He can be reached at dhinton@news-gazette.com.

They were farmers, mechanics, carpenters, painters and police officers. They had two cardinal rules in life. The first was to ...

DePaul University President apologizes to congressional committee for antisemitism on campus during last year’s protests and says what happened was a “hate crime.” ...

Mattoon firefighters and police officers work the scene Friday, May 2, 2025, of a fatal crash at the Odd Fellow-Rebekah Home ...

Houston Police Department officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop on the stolen Buick SUV near State Highway 288 and Reed Road around 11:20 p.m. Wednesday. A chase ensued and ended when the ...

Manteca Police Department officers shot and killed a man who rammed into three police cars in the parking lot of an In-N-Out Burger on Wednesday, authorities said. At about 5:05 p.m., officers ...