The public is asked to avoid the area of the 1500 block of Burton Street in Rockford following a report of a barricaded man.

Summer will make a dramatic entrance in the U.S. this week with a heat dome that will bring stifling heat and uncomfortable ...

Former high school teacher and boys' soccer coach, Christina Formella, is accused of having an inappropriate sexual ...

Chicago Public Schools hired a former police officer who was on the city’s do-not-hire list after he was fired for ...

Members of Congress from at least five other Midwest states said law enforcement told them that their names were in Boelter’s ...

U.S. Reps. Nikki Budzinski and Raja Krishnamoorthi, and state Sen. Laura Fine, say their names were found among alleged ...

Christina Formella is now facing 55 charges related to her alleged sexual abuse of a teenage student, prosecutors revealed in ...

The Springfield Police Department has announced a new partnership with the Lights On! program, an initiative designed to ...

A former high school teacher from a Chicago suburb, who was previously charged with having a sexual relationship with a student, has been indicted on 52 additional charges.