A man was killed an an officer was injured when a car rear ended a squad car, the state added an LGBT section to its tourism site, and other news. more ›

Want to shoot your guns where the State troopers train? You can have your chance Nov. 12. more ›

Since 2009, 76 counties in Illinois abstained from participating in the program. more ›

The Illinois General Assembly approved by a 42-1 vote a bill that would prohibit the names of Firearm Owner's Identification Card owners to be released. If Gov. Quinn signs the bill into law, it would reverse a ruling by State Attorney General Lisa Madigan, who ordered the Illinois State Police to release the names of FOID owners under the Freedom of Information Act. more ›

A former cop who was part of the original investigation into the 2004 death of David Koschman told the Sun-Times that Richard "R.J." Vanecko, the Daley relative who threw the punch that killed Koschman, should have been charged in the crime, but that a combination of factors not related to politics prevented that. more ›

It looks like thee David Koschman case is going to have something resembling a independent investigation after all. Inspector General Joe Ferguson requested documents from the Police Department regarding the Koschman case a full two weeks before the Illinois State Police agreed to Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez's request to investigate. more ›

Since two new laws went into effect banning talking on cell phones while driving through construction and school zones, and texting while driving, the Illinois State Police has pulled over nearly 7,800 motorists for violating the two laws. more ›

Last week the House voted to raise the retirement age to receive a full pension to 55 for police and fire departments. In conjunction with the House vote, the Illinois State Police was granted authority to offer severance packages to officers retiring before the end of the year. Rich Miller at Capitol Fax reports that anyone accepting the package will receive 6% cost of living raises for 2011 on their last day of work. more ›

DeKalb police have identified a "person of interest" in the homicide investigation of NIU student Antinette "Toni" Keller. more ›

Legislators have scrambled for solutions over the state’s looming budget cuts. Gov. Quinn’s $55 billion budget blueprint for the fiscal year beginning July 1 would reduce the Illinois State Police force by nearly a quarter and close five of the 21 district offices. A bill passed by the Illinois General Assembly to increase revenue for the state police is sitting on Quinn’s desk. New fees paid by guilty defendants or those granted supervision for felony, traffic, misdemeanor or local ordinance violations is a partial revenue solution and could help prevent the cuts to many of the officers slated to be laid off. The proceeds will go directly to a new fund specifically for the Illinois State Police. “It will generate approximately $22 million a year,” Rep. Jim Sacia, R-Pecatonica told Illinois Statehouse News. more ›

The Chicago Tribune (via ChicagoBreakingNews) and the Chicago Sun-Times are both reporting this morning that Illinois State Police are pursing a lead and conducting a search in Peoria County for Stacy Peterson's remains. TMZ reported that the tip may have come from a fellow inmate of Peterson, who is awaiting trial on the death of his third wife. more ›

A multi-vehicle accident early Sunday morning caused an exit ramp at Austin Boulevard on the eastbound Eisenhower Expressway (I-290) to be shut down, said State Police. As of 12:40 a.m., an Illinois State Police District Chicago trooper told the Chicago Sun-Times that it was a multi-vehicle crash and three vehicles were being towed away from the scene. The trooper also reported that there were injuries, but he believed none were life-threatening. more ›

South suburban Markham drivers got quite a surprise early Sunday morning when a horse that had gotten loose onto I-57 from a nearby ranch caused some minor traffic problems, before jumping a fence and returning back to its ranch. more ›

Eager to join everyone(in the media)'s search for the truth about Stacy Peterson, a celebrity mentalist has offered to lend his thought-reading abilities to the case. more ›

Deanna Glass, 14, is still missing. The South Side girl hasn't been seen since Tuesday. Mark your calendars, law makers: Blago has called for a special session on Nov 28 to talk transit funding. Attendance is mandatory! Eh, no it's not, but still. Another bad day for Todd Stroger, this time because his political fund was fined for failing to report all the contributions it received. Remember to buckle up while in Thanksgiving transit.... more ›

We were hoping this story would have a happy ending but weren't too surprised to wake up this morning to find out it didn't. Alma Mendez had been missing since Sunday afternoon; her body was found yesterday at 2 p.m. in the river next to her jogging path; her throat was slashed. Mendez, a mother of three, had recently separated from her husband. He, along with other with other family members, was interviewed about the... more ›

It's been barely more than 24 hours since Lance Briggs' brand new $450,000 Lamborghini was found wrapped around a pole on the side of the Edens Expressway. In that time, we have learned that he was in fact driving the car at the time of the accident, and as a result on Monday was charged with leaving the scene of an accident -- a misdemeanor-- and ticketed for failure to immediately notify police of a... more ›

"Halt" via pantagrapher. more ›

A female friend once told Chicagoist how demeaning and irritating she found the catcalls and wolf-whistles hurled in her direction by construction workers - but that, secretly, she always felt a twinge of self-doubt if a saunter past a construction site yielded no comments. If that holds true across the female spectrum, Chicagoland ladies expecting glances and more from the orange-vested, blue-collar studlets by the side of the road may be disappointed to find out that some of them are actually undercover cops. more ›

As expected, Mayor Daley once again announced a package of gun legislation he hopes state legislators will pass in their coming session that starts January 10. The basic idea behind the package is to "...give the courts the power to fine and shut down gun dealers who help customers avoid background checks; who sell them large numbers of handguns without filing the required reports; or who sell handguns to residents of cities like Chicago where they are illegal." more ›

On Monday the Illinois State Police confirmed that they were investigating a number of allegations of negligence and misconduct against the Governor's security detail made in an ABC7 report. ABC7 launched the investigation during last summer's Democratic National Convention. (For the whole report, including other examples, go here.) They wondered why the Guvna's bodyguards needed to drive state SUVs to Boston when Massachusetts was already providing all state governors with state troopers and vehicles. The... more ›

An article in yesterday's Chicago Tribune explored Gov. Blagojevich's refusal to increase the fee for a state firearms license. Currently the price of a Firearms Owners Identification Card is $5.00 while the article says estimates of the cost of processing the cards vary from at least $7.39 per card to $15. more ›