Joseph Shipp said he just moved to Springfield from Chicago a couple of months ago.

A group of 16 children from five continents, including Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, have filed a legal complaint against five countries that could require them to change laws to amplify the fight against climate change.

Cook County State's Attorney Kimberly Foxx filed motions in court Wednesday to vacate more than 1,000 low-level marijuana convictions, following through on a recently-passed state law legalizing adult recreational use of the drug.

Two formal objections have been filed against nominating petitions submitted by Kent Gray who is seeking the Republican nomination for the 15th Congressional District seat held by Rep.

Dallman units 31 and 32 are likely to be retired as early as next year while a decision on whether to retire Dallman Unit 33 is needed by January, according to a presentation by City Water, Light and Power officials.

The popular Graduate Public Service Internship (GPSI) program at the University of Illinois Springfield is expanding into the Chicago area, the school announced Wednesday.

JERSEY CITY, N.J. - The mayor of Jersey City said that a kosher supermarket was targeted in the deadly shooting that left a police officer and five others dead Tuesday.

Time magazine named Greta Thunberg its 2019 Person of the Year on Wednesday.

JERSEY CITY, N.J. -Joseph Seals, a Jersey City police detective, died Tuesday during a bloody gunfight that started in a cemetery and tore through the city's Greenville section, leaving six dead and several wounded.