Sen. Steve Stadelman (D-Rockford) said Illinois should ensure emergency orders of protection remain in effect until the final order of protection has been served.

UI College of Medicine Rockford MERIT program hopes 2027 move will allow the program to expand and improve outreach.

A Kentucky woman was shot and killed while working at a local nightclub on December 13, 2025, in an incident authorities describe as domestic violence. Phillip Whitnel, 38, is currently held in the ...

A woman who was gunned down at a bar while she worked by her estranged husband was set to be divorced from him, Kentucky ...

FRANKFORT, Ill. (WLS) -- Misty McMichael, the widow of late Chicago Bears great Steve "Mongo" McMichael, is facing a domestic battery charge on Friday, the Will County Sheriff's Office said. The ...

A state law is being challenged that prohibits people convicted of any felony from ever owning or possessing a firearm.

Police say the suspect shot his estranged wife multiple times inside a Paducah nightclub before fleeing to Illinois. Paducah, KY — A Kentucky man is accused of fatally shooting his estranged wife ...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testified amid a pause in funding to her agency and increased bipartisan scrutiny of ...

This report is a grim read. The nature of these deaths is cruel and brutal, often “hands-on” violence, not rare freak events. Blunt force injuries account for nearly half of fatalities, meaning a ...

CHICAGO, IL – Sanjay T. Tailor will break new ground on January 30 when he steps onto the Illinois Supreme Court as the first Indian American justice in the court’s history. His appointment fills the ...

An Army sergeant accused of shooting and wounding five co-workers at a southeast Georgia base last summer is seeking to plead guilty to ...

Homeland Security officials contend they were on the precipice of a new model of violence prevention. But under Donald Trump, all that has been lost.