Sources: CNN
The United States Department of Homeland Security launches "Operation Midway Blitz", an Immigration and Customs Enforcement crackdown on undocumented immigrants in Illinois with serious criminal records, while state officials say they received no formal notice of the operation. 2025-09-8
Two people are killed when a helicopter crashes into an unmanned barge on the Mississippi River near East Alton, Illinois, United States. 2025-08-7
Two people are killed and seven wounded during a mass shooting near a McDonald's restaurant in Chicago, Illinois, United States. 2022-05-19
Illinois reports 6,161 new cases, the most in one day since the pandemic began. 2020-10-24
Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker issues a statewide stay-at-home order for all Illinoisans except for essential errands such as grocery shopping or for medical services. 2020-03-20
Former Illinois representative Joe Walsh suspends his presidential campaign, following his poor performance in the Iowa caucuses. 2020-02-7
Six people are injured and four more could be hospitalized (none are believed critically injured) after a gas explosion at American Steel (part of Amsted Rail Co.), in the Greater St. Louis Metro East suburb of Granite City, Illinois. 2013-03-7
Luis Gutiérrez, an Illinois member of the United States House of Representatives, is arrested outside the White House in Washington, D.C., during protests calling for immigration reform. 2011-07-26
More than 270,000 people in the US city of Chicago, Illinois, are left without power due to thunder storms with some reports of funnel clouds. 2011-06-21
Six people are killed in an apartment fire in the city of Aurora in the US state of Illinois. 2011-05-15