According to Illinois State Police officials, 11,000 sex offenders were removed from the state registry just in the last two years....
AP | Posted 11.04.2009 | Chicago
Illinois State Police found 1,455 pounds of marijuana inside a rental truck that was pulled over in rural Champaign....
Chicago Tribune | Jeff Long | Posted 11.08.2009 | Chicago
When police charged into the building with a battering ram, their search warrant authorized them to smash open the door of Apartment D at the top of t...
AP | Posted 08.06.2009 | Chicago
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) -- Illinois State Police have arrested an Arizona man after finding more than 2,000 pounds of marijuana hidden in the back of a...
Alden Loury | Posted 06.15.2009 | Chicago
In Illinois, when we're talking about ex-offenders, we're really talking about black men. And it's possible that the race of an ex-offender will tell you more about their chances of finding work than their criminal history.
AP | Rupa Shenoy | Posted 04.23.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO - Just two days after the Illinois State Police director resigned abruptly, Gov. Pat Quinn appointed a 29-year-old West Point graduate and for...
Associated Press | Posted 04.20.2009 | Chicago
Illinois State Police Director Larry Trent has resigned, effective immediately. In a statement issued Friday, Trent says "it was time for a change to...
The Chicago Reporter | Posted 04.16.2009 | Chicago
Representatives from the Office of the Illinois Attorney General will appear Monday before Cook County Circuit Court Judge Paul P. Biebel Jr. after an...
Alden Loury | Posted 04.16.2009 | Chicago
If a judge deems an ex-felon reformed enough to limit access to their criminal conviction, why should the Illinois State Police stand in the way?
CBS 2 | Posted 01.26.2009 | Chicago
Sidewalks were slippery, streets were dangerous, and several expressways and even an entire suburb were shut down this morning as freezing rain lays i...
AP | Posted 12.20.2008 | Chicago
Crime in Illinois fell by more than 3 percent last year, continuing a 13-year slide that resulted in 210,000 fewer crimes than in 1994, according to d...
AP | Posted 10.09.2008 | Chicago
Illinois State Police say 2008 may be least deadly year on Illinois roadways in recent history. Master Sergeant Brian Ley says that as of Friday, onl...
CBS 2 | Dave Savini | Posted 11.04.2009 | Chicago