Among them: a former Chicago police officer; an ex-Illinois National Guard soldier ... Like, the energy in the air, everything. It just — you kind of knew what was gonna happen.” ...

He allegedly fired two shots from a gun into the air during the riot ... resisting or impeding certain officers. He is a retired member of the Illinois Army National Guard. The charges were ...

“This is heartbreaking work,” Donnelly said, noting that more than 300 responders were taking part in the effort at any one time, including teams of divers and two U.S. Coast Guard ...

"He took off on the Big 10 logo – caught me off guard a little bit." Johnson wasn't the only one thrown. "Did you see where he left from?" Illinois coach Brad Underwood said. "Holy balls of wax ...

Enough people are noticing in Illinois that some counties want to secede from the Land of Lincoln and join a state that isn’t ruled by public unions and their political yes-men. In November ...

GRANT COUNTY, Wis. (WKOW) — A young Grant County correctional officer and member of the Army National Guard was killed after being hit by a vehicle in Illinois over the weekend. Dylan Bellamy, 22, was ...

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois Army National Guard Brig. Gen. Justin Osberg of Geneva, Illinois, has been selected as the Deputy, Combined Rear Area Coordinator, Combined Forces Command, U.S. Forces ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — More than 250 National Guard service members from Southern Illinois are set to deploy this weekend in support of Operation Spartan Shield, a U.S. Central Command operation in ...

A Grant County correctional officer died Saturday after he was struck by a motor vehicle in Illinois ... was also a member of the Army National Guard and was on a training weekend in Mattoon ...