It has been a year of big changes and bigger feelings as the Alton Police Department approaches a somber anniversary.

The pup was turned over this week to Chicago police, weeks after Bam Bam was first reported missing by his owner, who is blind.

Terence Michael Carroll from Arizona was sentenced to 10 years for attempting to distribute over 1,000 grams of fentanyl via ...

The driver of the garbage truck — who police said suffered non-life-threatening injuries — made it up to the sidewalk, plowed ...

Therapy K-9s and their handlers from Illinois were among those who attended an international conference in California earlier ...

Many police officers across Central Illinois know what it's like to shift around schedules to accommodate staffing shortages.

Beekman spent almost 30 years with the Illinois State Police and said in his campaign announcement that it's time to take action to help Illinois residents.

Tnashia S. Wash pleaded guilty in June to first-degree murder charges in the death of Roderick Richardson, 30, at his home.

On Wednesday, Gov. JB Pritzker signed the law that prevents students from being ticketed by police or school resource officers at school and requires school districts and the Illinois State Board of ...

A former Alton resident who lived under a false identity for decades in Michigan has been convicted and sentenced to 10 years ...

A Huntley man has been sentenced to life in prison after he was convicted by a jury of murdering two young children and their ...