A man was shot in suburban unicorperated Arlington Heights early Friday morning. According to the Cook County Sheriff's Office, police responded to a 911 call for a person shot in the 3900 block of Galesburg Avenue around 3:20 a.m.

Sharone Mitchell Jr., chief public defender in Illinois' Cook County, tells “Morning in America” that blaming cashless bail for crime rates is a “completely preposterous position.” He says that in the two years since Illinois eliminated cashless bail,

ICE agents arrested Jose Luis Mendoza-Gonzalez in Chicago after he was released from custody despite being charged with concealing the decapitated body of missing woman Megan Bos.

The crime numbers are shaping up to be the story of the summer in the city. Through this past weekend, homicides are down 30% from the same time period last year in Chicago.

Illinois State Police (ISP) said they have arrested Jon Montgomery, a 70-year-old man from Du Quoin, in connection to an investigation of possession and dissemination

A 2-year-old girl who was abducted at gunpoint early Wednesday during a home invasion on the city's South Side has been safely located, according to sources.

A 2-year-old boy abducted from Topeka was found safe in Mattoon, Illinois. A man and woman were found dead in the Topeka home from which the child was abducted. The names and relationship of the deceased to the child have not been released.

The biggest hurdle is first you have to identify a victim. Once you ID a victim, then you can start figuring out who the suspect is,” said an ISP investigator.

The pilot of a crop duster plane died in the 9:36 a.m. Tuesday accident, Ogle County Sheriff Brian VanVickle said.