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 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.

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…

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. Chris Coffey reports.

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…

Illinois State Police are investigating reports of a shooting on the Bishop Ford Expressway on Saturday afternoon. According to authorities, troopers were dispatched to an area hospital after a man said he had been shot while driving on the expressway. The man told authorities that he had been shot while driving on the southbound exit ramp at Stony Island at…

A 21-year-old man is dead after he was ejected from his vehicle in a two-car crash on Interstate 294 on Sunday morning, according to police. Illinois State Police were called to milepost 18.25 on northbound Interstate 294 at approximately 3:30 a.m. Sunday for reports of a two-car crash in the righthand lanes. According to authorities, a Chevrolet sedan became disabled…

A stretch of Interstate 294 in Cook County has been re-named in honor of an Illinois State Trooper who was struck and killed earlier this year. On Thursday, officials announced that the stretch of highway between mile markers 49.25 and 50 in Cook County will be renamed the Trooper Christopher Lambert Memorial Highway. On Jan. 12, Lambert was on the…

A fallen Illinois State Trooper was honored after officials renamed a stretch of Interstate 294 in his honor. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski has the story.

A man who was wanted for allegedly crashing into two state police cars in Beverly on the South Side was arrested by the FBI last month in Nevada. Brandon Barksdale, 29, was charged with aggravated assault of a peace officer, Illinois State Police said in a statement Wednesday. About 10 a.m. Sept. 19, Barksdale drove off in his vehicle after…

At least one person is dead after a three-car crash on Interstate 80 near Torrence Avenue on Wednesday evening.

The Illinois State Police is taking a technological leap forward in an effort to speed up the processing of Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) cards and Concealed Carry License (CCL) applications.

If you’re tired of waiting for months to hear the status of your firearm owners application in Illinois, changes could soon be coming, according to NBC 5 Investigates’ Chris Coffey.

Several lanes were temporarily shut down along the Stevenson Expressway after a deadly crash early Saturday.

A three-vehicle crash on the Dan Ryan Expressway in Pilsen injured several people Saturday.