When residents think of Illinois State Police troopers, they generally think of officers wearing iconic brown hats and black ties as they go about their official duties, but now that’s about to change thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. On Thursday, the department revealed that troopers will not be wearing the hats or ties as they look to limit the...

A woman was injured when her car was fired upon Wednesday night on the Eisenhower Expressway on Chicago’s West Side, according to Illinois State Police.

The owner of Parmesans Wood Stone Pizza was arrested and charged after Illinois State Police received a tip that unauthorized video recording was allegedly taking place in Frankfort. Michael J. Papandrea, 58, of Frankfort was charged with unauthorized video recording which is a Class A Misdemeanor, said police. A search warrant was issued Friday and police indicated that they seized…

Nine people have sustained injuries in shootings across the city of Chicago this weekend, police said. In one incident, six people were shot early Saturday morning in the Grand Crossing neighborhood on the city’s South Side. The shooting was reported at 4:37 a.m. in the 900 block of East 79th Street, according to preliminary information from Chicago police. After an…

Two people were injured in a shooting on the Dan Ryan Expressway in Chatham Sunday morning. Illinois State Police said it happened around 12:12 a.m. Sunday on the Dan Ryan near 79th Street. A third-party caller traveling northbound called police after they heard gunshots and watched another car “swerve to the right and crash on the ramp to 79th St.,”…

A woman is dead after she was struck and killed while trying to run across Interstate 290 late Friday evening. According to Illinois State Police, the woman was one of two individuals inside of a Toyota Prius traveling westbound on the interstate just before 11 p.m. when the vehicle left the roadway, striking the end of a guardrail on the…

A woman is facing charges of involuntary manslaughter after a crash that killed her wife and injured an Illinois State Police trooper. According to authorities, Camesia Miller, 46, was the front seat passenger in a vehicle driven by her wife Sindi Miller just before 2:30 a.m. on Monday when the vehicle lost control, causing an ISP vehicle to collide with…

A Chicago woman is dead and an Illinois State Police trooper was one of three people hospitalized after a crash on Interstate 57 early Monday morning. According to state police, a vehicle driven by Sindi Miller, 29, of Chicago, was driving northbound on Interstate 57 near Maplewood Avenue when she lost control of her vehicle. Miller’s vehicle was then hit…

A man was wounded in a shooting Sunday on the Dan Ryan Expressway in Englewood on the South Side. Illinois State Police troopers were called about 2:55 a.m. for reports of a crash on southbound I-94 near 60th Street, state police said. They arrived to find the male driver with a gunshot wound inside the vehicle. A male, front seat…

Lisle police revealed Monday that a message written on the wall of the Chicago woman who fatally shot a retired Illinois State Trooper Friday night at a cigar lounge may “point toward a personal motivation” of the crime. Investigators found the name of the victim, Gregory Rieves, and the message “I hate you… hope you two die!” written on a…

A vigil was held Sunday morning outside the Humidor Cigar Lounge in Lisle for retired Illinois State Police Trooper Gregory Rieves, 51, who was shot and killed Friday night. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter has the story.

A retired Illinois State Trooper was fatally shot Friday night by a woman who also shot two other troopers before turning the gun on herself. NBC 5’s Chris Hush reports.

Authorities have arrested an East Moline police officer accused of sexually assaulting a high school student, according to a press release from the Illinois State Police.

Scammers are using local area state police telephone numbers to “spoof” victims, according to Illinois State Police. Spoofing occurs when a telephone number is manipulated and disguised to look like a different phone number. Recently, ISP officials have received phone calls from concerned citizens saying ISP called requesting personal information in order to resolve a police matter. Most commonly, citizens…

An off-duty suburban police officer was killed in a crash near suburban Plainfield early Sunday morning. According to Illinois State Police, Charles Schauer, 33, of Glen Ellyn was a passenger in a vehicle traveling southbound on Interstate 55 near U.S. Route 30 at approximately 6:02 a.m. Sunday when the car crashed into a box truck that had been involved in…

An off-duty Berwyn police officer was killed in a crash on Interstate 55, and now his colleagues and city officials are coping with his loss. NBC 5’s Christian Farr has the story.

In a letter to Illinois Senate Republican Leader Bill Brady, the director of Illinois State Police called allegations of a possible rape cover-up involving a powerful lobbyist “repulsive.” NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

A Minnesota man is facing drugs and weapons charges after three handguns, a rifle and nearly 2,500 rounds of ammunition were found in his vehicle in the parking lot of a downstate Illinois State Police district headquarters. Just after 1 p.m. Thursday, a man drove into the restricted parking area of the Illinois State Police District 10 headquarters in Pesotum,…

Illinois State Police are investigating reports of a shooting Thursday afternoon on the Dan Ryan Expressway. According to authorities, troopers were called to the local lanes of the northbound Ryan just before 3 p.m. after reports of a shooting. When they arrived, they located a vehicle and four individuals near 35th Street. The male driver of the vehicle was uninjured,…

A tow truck driver was fatally struck by a vehicle Wednesday morning on Interstate 290 in Maywood, according to Illinois State Police. Troopers were called to the eastbound side of I-290 near Ninth Avenue just after 6 a.m. Police say that a tow truck operator, identified as 23-year-old Andrew Dove-Fredere of Berkeley, was towing cars from an earlier accident and…