Illinois State Police

The Illinois State Police are investigating after officers in Stark County fatally shot a man reportedly wielding a machete against authorities.

A search warrant filed two days after the police shooting of 59-year-old Samuel Vincent Richmond provides new details on the hours before his death.

Police said the driver was traveling west on U.S. Route 24 at Strube Road south of Glasford shortly after 2 a.m. Saturday when his SUV crossed over the eastbound lanes, drove into a ditch and struck a tree.

Peoria Mayor Rita Ali says she expects the Illinois State Police to conduct a full and transparent investigation into Monday night’s fatal shooting of a man by four Peoria police officers.

Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says the death of Stephanie Jones’ 3-month-old son in 2007 was caused by asphyxiation, but an investigation into how Nigel Ragon suffocated continues.

A 3-year-old Pekin boy died Thursday after being hit by a semi-tractor trailer on Illinois Route 29.

Illinois State Police metropolitan enforcement groups across the state seized nearly $71 million worth of illegal drugs in the last fiscal year.

The man who jumped to his death off the Murray Baker Bridge Thursday morning was Shawn Talbert of Peoria. The 27-year-old stopped his car on the Tazewell…