CHICAGO — Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Senate Democrat and his party’s top leader on the Judiciary Committee, announced Wednesday that he won’t seek a sixth term in 2026.

TRILLA, Ill. (WSIL) -- A small single-engine plane crashed near Mattoon, Illinois, on Saturday. The crash happened on County Road 1400 N in Trilla, Illinois (Coles County) on April 19 ...

TRILLA, Ill. (WLS) -- Officials are investigating a deadly plane crash with no survivors in Illinois on Saturday. The video in the player above is from a previous report. The Federal Aviation ...

Four people were killed Saturday morning when a small plane crashed in central Illinois after hitting a set of power lines. The crash occurred at around 10:15 a.m. local time on County Line Road ...

Illinois has become the latest blue state to ensure transgender athletes can play girls sports. Republicans in the state are aggressively trying to change that. The Illinois High School ...

All four people aboard the plane were killed when it crashed in a field in Trilla on Saturday, the Illinois State Police said. By Adeel Hassan A small plane with four people on board crashed on ...

AIRMONT CITY, ILL. – An Illinois family is demanding police do more after they said their loved one fell into the Mississippi River. They said it happened as he was being chased by police ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

With final approval by the Indiana House Thursday, the Indiana-Illinois border bill passed both chambers of the Indiana legislature and heads to Gov. Mike Braun’s desk for signature into law.

INDIANAPOLIS (WNDU) - Indiana lawmakers have passed a bill to invite Illinois counties to join the Hoosier State. According to our sister station WTHR, House Enrolled Act 1008 now heads to Gov.