Illinois spent $2.5 billion on migrants with $1.6 billion for healthcare, according to a new report from the Illinois Public Policy Institute detailing taxpayer funding.

ELGIN, Ill. (WGN) — Police in Elgin, Illinois, have confirmed that remains found within a car submerged in the Fox River have been positively identified as Karen Schepers, a 23-year-old who went ...

More than 40 years after an Elgin woman went missing without a trace, a stunning discovery could be the answer to her mysterious disappearance.

Updated: Jul 1, 2025 / 02:36 PM CDT MADISON COUNTY, Ill. – Authorities in Madison County, Illinois, identified a homicide victim in a decades-old cold case investigation.

Illinois saw more than 50,000 asylum seekers and other migrants arrive in the state beginning in August 2022, Pritzker wrote, mostly via transportation provided by Texas. Migrant arrivals in ...