Brendan Kelly

A six-week enforcement action over the summer led to 300 southern Illinois residents who were ineligible to own a gun to surrender their Firearm Owner Identification card and get rid of their gun.

The measure creates optional fingerprints for renewals in Illinois and beefs up revocation enforcement.

Illinois State Police introduced a new effort to help alleviate violent crime in East St. Louis during a press conference Wednesday.

Illinois’ weed legalization law won’t take effect until next year, but the Illinois State Police is wasting no time. That agency is preparing to enforce...

Police departments in Missouri and Illinois are joining law enforcement across the nation over this Memorial Day weekend to crack down on drivers and…

This article originally appeared in the Belleville News-Democrat.The boy was inches from his mother when she took her final breaths.The man who shot her…

U.S. Reps. Mike Bost and Ann Wagner bucked a national trend to survive tough Democratic challenges Tuesday.The two Republicans will return to a House that…

Former Vice President Joe Biden asserted Wednesday that working-class Americans face losing most of their safety net – notably Medicare, Social Security…

One of the most competitive congressional races in the country is Illinois’ 12th Congressional District. The district includes a significant portion of…

Georgia Congressman and longtime civil rights leader John Lewis came to East St. Louis Tuesday as part of an effort to urge Democrats to vote in…