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Some in Illinois may have felt the ground shake Monday night as a 3.3 magnitude earthquake was confirmed in Coles and Cumberland Counties, the United States Geological Survey reported.

Illinois State University’s police department is seeking help in identifying a person of interest after shots were fired in the school’s Bone Student Center over the weekend.

As of early Monday morning, police were still searching for a suspect, and no shelter-in-place order for campus had been issued.

An investigation is underway after a person was shot Sunday night on Illinois State University’s campus in Normal, Illinois, according to school officials, with police still searching for a suspect as of Monday morning.

A teenager was rescued after falling in a canyon at Starved Rock State Park this week, marking the second such incident so far this month.

It was a terrifying moment as a suburban woman and her 7-year-old son fell to the bottom of the French Canyon at Starved Rock State Park while hiking on a spring break adventure this week.

It was a terrifying moment as a suburban woman and her 7-year-old son fell to the bottom of the French Canyon at Starved Rock State Park while hiking on a spring break adventure this week. Vi Nguyen reports.

A suburban Chicago mother and her 7-year-old son were rescued by first responders after falling into a canyon at Starved Rock State Park, authorities said.

A suburban Chicago mother and her 7-year-old son were rescued by first responders after falling in a canyon at Starved Rock State Park, authorities said.

A child died on Monday afternoon after drowning at a home in north suburban Bannockburn, authorities said.

Beginning in 2025, a new state law known as HB 4592 will allow the Secretary of State’s office to issue mobile ID cards and driver’s licenses in Illinois. But when can you get one? During Tuesday’s press conference, Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias discussed the timeline for when this may happen.

A celebration 150 years in the making, the village of Riverside, Illinois, is about to reach an important milestone — its sesquicentennial. NBC 5’s Christian Farr reports.

Drivers got points for creativity with some unique vanity license plate requests in 2024, but those efforts didn’t pass the scrutiny of the Secretary of State’s office.

U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., says she was “physically accosted” at the U.S. Capitol over Mace’s “fight to protect women.”

The wife of an Illinois Second Judicial Circuit Court Judge who was fatally shot outside his home last week has been arrested and charged with his murder, according to Illinois State Police.

According to the report, more than 5,000 hospitals were evaluated, and thousands of medical professionals were surveyed.

You could soon renew your Illinois driver’s license or vehicle registration in a much more convenient way—during a trip to the grocery store, Sandra Torres reports.

According to National Day Calendar, the origin story of the holiday begins in 1958 in suburban Deerfield.

While parts of the Midwest have been treated to rare northern lights displays in the past year thanks to far-reaching geomagnetic storms, a prediction from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration anticipates that the coming months could bring more views of the aurora borealis in the region.

WWE Hall of Fame wrestler Hulk Hogan is coming to Illinois — and so is his beer.