The Peoria Police Department has partnered with the McClure Library to launch a new reading program called “Books and Badges” to encourage kids to read and prevent the summer slide.

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois — State lawmakers Thursday took the baby step toward passing a budget by sending shell bills to their respective chambers. Shell bills are placeholders for incoming ...

E-scooters and e-bikes driven by brazen phone snatchers are to be destroyed by police within hours of being seized amid a crackdown on London's mobile theft epidemic. Previously officers had to ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on separatist insurgents in Thailand’s southern border provinces to end all attacks on civilians and comply with international humanitarian law on Thursday. This comes ...