A Chicago man is facing charges for a shooting that happened on the Illinois State University campus back in April.

Kirk is also slated to visit the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus on Tuesday before stops at Purdue and Michigan State universities. Contact Drew Zimmerman at 309-820-3276. Follow ...

UPDATE JUNE 27, 2025: The man authorities believe is responsible for the April 27 on-campus shooting at Illinois State University (ISU) was arrested on Tuesday. The suspect, Emir Thomas, 19, faces ...

Emir Thomas, a 19-year-old from Chicago, has been detained in McLean County after police and prosecutors said he shot a man in the back on Illinois State University's campus. Read the full details ...

Illinois spent $2.5 billion on migrants with $1.6 billion for healthcare, according to a new report from the Illinois Public Policy Institute detailing taxpayer funding.

The Illinois State University Police Department said Emir Thomas was arrested in Chicago with the assistance of the U.S.

Illinois may soon become the next state to require public universities to offer abortions on campus after the state legislature passed House Bill 3709 on Saturday. The bill requires public ...

Illinois regulators side with BetMGM after gambling app refuses to pay up on bet that would have won 02:28. A Chicago area man is down in the dumps, after learning the money he hoped to use for ...

State government in Illinois voted to roll back some spending on immigration last weekend when state lawmakers passed a $55.2 billion budget, which cut a program that offers health care to some ...

Protests at Illinois school board meeting over trans athletes in girls' sports sparked national attention, with debates on federal law and state rights.