Man punches woman in face, then she shoots him

Police said the man punched the woman in the face, then she went and got a gun and shot him in the hand.

US Olympic ski jumper from Illinois dead at 24

Patrick Gasienica, who represented the U.S. in the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, died on Monday. He was 24.

Catholic clergy sexual abuse of kids was far more common than church acknowledged: Illinois AG probe

Illinois investigators found that 451 Catholic clergy sexually abused nearly 2,000 children since 1950 — far more than the 103 individuals the church had named when the state review began in 2018.

American Airlines pilot Russ Wayant continues tradition of giving roses to passengers on Mother's Day

Eleven years ago, American Airlines pilot Russ Wayant started handing out roses on Mother's Day to female passengers. He says it was a whim, but it brought people so much joy he decided to continue.

Illinois student smiles, giggles after killing couple in DUI crash: video

An Illinois woman who giggled and smiled after she killed two people in a 2022 drunk driving crash was sentenced to 14 years in prison last week.

VIDEO: Six killed on I-55 after 'dust storm' causes large crash in downstate Illinois

A windstorm in south-central Illinois kicked up clouds of dust on Monday, causing numerous crashes that killed at least six people on Interstate 55, police said.

Carolyn Bryant Donham: Woman at center of Emmett Till's 1955 lynching dies at 88

The white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of making improper advances before he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 has died in hospice care in Louisiana, a coroner's report shows. Carolyn Bryant Donham was 88.