A 12-year-old Robert Wadlow, later the world's tallest person, walks to Milton School ...

The Lewis and Clark State Historic Site in nearby Hartford commemorates the starting point of the famous expedition, while historic Alton offers connections to Abraham Lincoln, the Underground ...

The man accused of killing a 14-year-old girl in central Illinois faced a judge today. 5 On Your Side's Megan Kernan has the latest. Poland Says Rail Explosion Was ‘Unprecedented Act of Sabotage’ What ...

VANDALIA, Ill. — Prosecutors charged a 43-year-old man with the murder of a 14-year-old Illinois girl late last week. The girl's biological mother, Megan Zeller, identified her as Kylie Toberman. She ...

An Illinois man is in custody after allegedly making threats against a Dearborn Heights mosque in September, police said. Kenneth Gehrke, 63, turned himself in and was taken into custody then ...

TOWN OF PULASKI, Wis. -- An Illinois man was arrested for arson Monday in connection with a barn fire that happened last month. According to Iowa County Sheriff Michael Peterson, the fire happened at ...

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HERRIN, Ill. (WSIL) -- UPDATE: The Illinois State Police have canceled the Endangered Missing Person Advisory for a missing elderly man from Herrin. State police said the man was located. ORIGINAL: ...

A Hoffman Estates, Illinois man is accused of intentionally starting a fire at a small chapel outside a Crown Point church in late October. Tyler Jacob Cyr, 24, is facing two level 4 felony counts of ...

Federal agents say an Illinois man allegedly called for President Donald Trump’s execution in a string of profanity-laced Instagram videos, prompting a Secret Service investigation that led to a ...

Illinois (WBBM) -- A man from northern Illinois has been arrested on federal charges, accused of threatening President Trump in a video he posted online, saying the president "should be executed." ...