Illinois State Police (ISP) conducted a violent crime suppression detail from Oct. 6 to 9, 2025, focusing on the ...

The operation brought together ISP officers from across the state, including patrol troops 3, 7 and 8, as well as the Zone 6 ...

Heard the one about the cop who walked up to a parked car and engaged the driver in conversation? One thing led to another, and driver Maurice Day was arrested. No joke. When they got to court, Day ...

The Fourth Amendment is the part of the Bill of Rights that prohibits "unreasonable searches and seizures." But — what's unreasonable? That question has fueled a century's worth of court rulings that ...

CHICAGO — Fentanyl seizures in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin have skyrocketed this year, according to new numbers shared by the US Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Chicago Field Division.

Around 1 pm on Friday, a Deputy from the White County Sheriff’s Department received credible information that indicated that ...

The Southern Illinoisan staff has obtained whistleblower documents related to 88 incident reports from 16 different Illinois prisons over the past four months. Those reports describe incidents of ...