Sources: CNN
Four people are killed and seven others are injured during a stabbing spree in Rockford, Illinois, United States. 2024-03-27
A man kills a 6-year-old Palestinian Muslim boy and seriously injures his mother during a stabbing attack in Plainfield Township, Illinois, United States. The perpetrator, who was the victims' landlord, states he was motivated by the ongoing Israel–Gaza war. 2023-10-15
Five people are killed and five more are hospitalized as a semi truck carrying a toxic substance turns over near Teutopolis, Illinois, United States, causing evacuations. 2023-09-29
One person is killed and eight others are critically injured in a mass shooting in the West Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. 2023-07-30
Illinois reports its first case of the Lineage P.1 variant first detected in Brazil in a person from Chicago. 2021-03-5
Illinois reports 4,699 cases in the last 24 hours, the first time that the state has reported less than 6,000 cases and the lowest daily total since October 27. 2020-12-21
Voters in Arizona, Florida, and Illinois go to the polls in their primary elections. 2020-03-17
Chicago, Illinois police officer Jason Van Dyke is charged with first-degree murder for the October 2014 shooting death of Laquan McDonald, a 17-year-old boy armed with a 3-inch knife. The charge comes shortly before the release of the police video showing the shooting. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel meets with community leaders to discuss the video’s release and the potential ramifications for the city. 2015-11-24
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission accuses the state of Illinois of securities fraud by misleading investors about the health of the state's public pension fund. 2013-03-11