WCIA has an update for you on a new fire station in Vermilion County. Last year WCIA reported the Bismarck Fire Protection District hoped to have a new place to call home. Now it’s all coming together ...

Numerous fire departments around Central Illinois are receiving money to help in the purchase of small firefighting and ...

A neighborhood is in shock after two homes burned to the ground on Tuesday in rural Franklin County, Illinois.

When you think about states with high taxes, Illinois may not immediately come to mind. However, the Prairie State has one of the highest sales tax rates in the U.S., some of the highest property ...

(CNN) — A former US Navy sailor pleaded guilty to a federal charge accusing him of a 2022 plot to attack Naval Station Great Lakes in northern Illinois, according to a plea agreement unsealed Thursday ...

A former US Navy sailor pleaded guilty to a federal charge accusing him of a 2022 plot to attack Naval Station Great Lakes in northern Illinois, according to a plea agreement unsealed Thursday.

Voters head to the polls Tuesday for Illinois' consolidated primary election ... as well as four seats for Rockford Township Trustee. In Belvidere, two Republican mayoral candidates are competing ...

The fire took place at a building on Illinois Street. The fire chief told NBC 10 that a ceiling fan caught fire in a second floor bathroom.

By 8 a.m. Nov. 8, 2018, when embers began to rain down on the town of Paradise, most residents had not been ordered to evacuate — even though an hour and a half had passed since the fire was ...

Born and raised in the great state of Illinois, I am 36 years old ... environment was well received during conversations with several business owners in Belvidere. I envision strengthening the city’s ...