U.S. Vice President JD Vance will focus on investigating fraud in Democratic-led states, according to President Donald Trump.

Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball delivered a dominant defensive performance to defeat Houston Cougars men's basketball 65-55, advancing to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament.

More than 77 million people from the US Midwest to the southern Plains were under tornado warnings on Wednesday after several apparent twisters caused significant damage in parts of Illinois and Indiana.

An Illinois bar owner was killed during a robbery, and a suspect with a long criminal history has been taken into custody following a multi-state manhunt, authorities said.

A small earthquake was reported in downstate Illinois early Tuesday morning.

Minnesota and Illinois filed lawsuits against President Donald Trump’s administration Monday, seeking to halt a federal surge of immigration-enforcement officers into their states following the fatal shooting of a Minnesota woman by an ICE officer last week.

A jury on Wednesday convicted an Illinois sheriff’s deputy of second-degree murder, a lesser charge, in the shooting death of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who called 911 to report a suspected prowler.

Darren Bailey, a Republican candidate for governor, lost his son, daughter-in-law and two grandchildren, ages 12 and 7, in a helicopter accident in Montana, his campaign said.

An Illinois ticket has won $3 million in Tuesday night’s Mega Millions drawing.