Illinois State Police

An internal affairs investigation has still not begun over a Will County sheriff lieutenant’s fatal shooting of a bank hostage taker in 2022.

The smell of raw marijuana alone is enough probable cause for an officer to search a vehicle, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday, reversing the decision of a Whiteside County judge and upholding the appellate court’s ruling.

Special traffic enforcement patrols conducted by the Illinois State Police in November resulted in 895 citations issued across Cook, DuPage, Kane and Will counties.

A Will County judge ruled a Chicago man charged with a fatal I-80 shooting should remain locked up under the SAFE-T Act. A prosecutor said the victim was shot nine times in the road rage incident.

A Joliet man has died from a shooting that followed a crash along Interstate 80 at Interstate 355 near New Lenox on Monday evening.

Illinois State Police responded to a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 55 in Grundy County on Tuesday night.

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is joining forces with the Illinois State Police to crack down on unsafe driving this Thanksgiving with their “Click It or Ticket” and “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” enforcement campaigns from Friday, Nov. 22, through Monday, Dec. 2.

The first snowfall of the season in the forecast for this week. Illinois Department of Transportation offers these winter driving tips, including don't follow snow plows too closely.

Illinois State Police on Thursday released video footage of an Oct. 23 fatal police shooting in DeKalb Township which shows the final moments of a Rockford man who authorities said took a woman hostage during an hourslong standoff, then fired at police and was shot and killed.

The Illinois State Police have announced they will be doing extra safe driving patrols throughout December in Will, Cook, DuPage, and Kane counties.

Two people were taken into custody in Grundy County after Illinois State Police found more than 1,800 grams of methamphetamine in their vehicle on Wednesday.

According to a Dixon Police Department news release, John D. Mowery, 41, was taken into custody Tuesday, Nov. 12.

Forensic pathologist says Jackson Kradle, a teenager whose body was found in the early morning hours of July 28 on a highway north of Mount Carroll, died as the result of a motor vehicle-pedestrian crash.

A vehicle “wanted for a homicide in Chicago” was involved in a crash on Interstate 55 in Will County and occupants were taken into custody, police said.

Carroll County's sheriff is speaking out about how his office handled its investigation into death of Mount Carroll teen whose body was discovered by 2 off-duty sheriff's employees on a state highway in the middle of the night.

The 17-year-old boy, whose name was not released by authorities because he is a juvenile, also is charged with aggravated battery with a firearm, felony burglary and unlawful possession of a stolen firearm.

A Rock Falls teen was treated at a local hospital and released after he was shot in the neck Wednesday night at Sterling’s Pizza Ranch, police say.

A Channahon man charged with attempted possession of a pipe bomb allegedly told police that he intended to place it in a bowl of candy for children “as it was Halloween,” according to prosecutors.

Johnathon P. Parker, 40, was taken into custody Saturday night, Nov. 2, 2024, in the 1600 block of Riverdale Road, Rock Falls, after a 10-hour standoff over two days with police, according to Whiteside County Sheriff John Booker.

Johnathon P. Parker is being held in the Whiteside County Jail.

A 64-year-old missing Sycamore man was found safe in DeKalb Tuesday, confirmed Sycamore Police Chief Jim Winters, after authorities issued an endangered persons alert when his family said they hadn’t heard from him in days.

Police were called shortly after 2:15 a.m. to the 900 block of West Fifth Street for a report of a person who had been shot. When officers arrived, they located a man with a gunshot wound inside a residence.

A Champaign County woman was ticketed in connection with a crash that claimed the life of an Illinois State Police trooper on Friday afternoon.

David J. Sosa, 17. of Ashton is charged with four counts of first-degree murder in the strangulation death of his girlfriend, Jaedyn A. Hill, who turned 16 earlier this month.

Rochelle police were first to learn of the death Tuesday morning when a 17-year-old boy walked into that police department and said he was involved in a murder, according to a news release issued by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office.

Brian McPhillips, 32, of Sterling was driving east on U.S. 30 near Riverdale Road when he attempted to pass an eastbound semi, met a westbound semi and collided with both, according to a Whiteside County Sheriff’s Office news release.

Paul S. Cobane, 43, was taken into custody at 12:45 p.m. Friday in the 1200 block of Sixth Avenue, according to a news release issued Friday afternoon by the Sterling Police Department.

Forensic scientists in a Lockport murder trial testified to finding a Crestwood man’s DNA on the fingernails and the neckline of a T-shirt belonging to a woman whom he’s charged with strangling to death in 2020.

The family of a Bolingbrook man who was suffering from a medical emergency in 2023 has claimed in a lawsuit that two officers caused his death by using excessive and deadly force without lawful justification.

Sterling police say three arson arrest warrants have been issued for a Sterling man who is accused of running from police Wednesday during a domestic battery investigation and then barricading himself in his West Fifth Street apartment shortly before fire broke out there.

A vehicle reportedly caught on fire following a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 55 in Shorewood on Friday morning, police said.

Jasen Bell’s death is being investigated as a homicide, police say.

Mason Santiago, 19, and Tyler R. Koscinski, 20, both of New Lenox, were killed in a crash on Interstate 80 in Will County.

Clay Russell, 61, was pronounced dead Sunday on Interstate 55 in Wilmington.

Jason L. Endress, 45, was sentenced to four years probation with special conditions after pleading guilty to one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse that prosecutors said stemmed from a 2004 incident when he was a director at Camp Lowden, a Boy Scout camp east of Oregon.

Illinois State Police Troop 3 Commander Capt. Patrick Manno announced the results of roadside safety checks held in Cook, DuPage, Kane and Will counties

Prosecutor says 6,000 grams of heroin discovered in vehicle's hidden compartments during Interstate 88 traffic stop.

Dixon police shut down a portion of South Galena Avenue for about two hours Thursday morning while responding to a call alleging domestic violence, but led to no arrests, according to a news release from the Dixon Police Department.

A Lockport Township man who was previously convicted of possessing an AK-47 rifle has been arrested again on charges alleging he possessed a loaded 9 mm semiautomatic handgun in a vehicle.

The Illinois Tollway mobilizes special hot weather patrols whenever temperatures or heat indexes indicate conditions could be hazardous for drivers stopped along the road

Illinois State Police special agent trained at the FBI Academy for a year and then worked in forensics for five years before retiring

A Washington man who police said was wanted on a Chicago homicide and a Cary woman were arrested Tuesday after an hourslong police search and standoff in Lake Barrington, officials said.

One person was killed in a crash involving a semitrailer and a minivan on Interstate 80 near Morris in Grundy County.

A Philadelphia man is behind bars in Whiteside County, charged with trafficking and possessing 150 pounds of cannabis that he said he stole in northern California and was driving to the Chicago area to sell.

The cause of a crash on I-80 crash that left two people injured on Thursday morning still remains under investigation. The roadways have been re-opened.

Illinois State Police responded to the 2500 block of Channel Road in Lockport to assist the Lockport Township Fire Protection District with an investigation of a body found Monday afternoon.

Robert A. Ager of Sterling charged with 3 counts of murder in connection with the death.

The Illinois State Police will be focusing on distracted driving laws to prevent traffic deaths and crashes with serious injuries.

The driver of a Ford Mustang was killed when her car crossed into the path of an oncoming pickup truck on Route 30 near Joliet on Monday morning.

The Illinois State Police will conduct Alcohol Countermeasure Enforcement patrols in Cook, Will, DuPage and Kane counties during August.