CHICAGO (WLS) -- Two weeks after the mass shooting at Highland Park's Independence Day parade, an emergency rule change is being put in place by the Illinois State Police and the governor's office to ...

The father of the 21-year-old man charged with killing seven people when he allegedly unleashed a hail of bullets on an Independence Day parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park sponsored his son ...

PORT BYRON -- Rep. Mike Smiddy, D-Hillsdale, is opening his office to people who need to fill out an online application for a Firearm Owners Identification card or concealed carry permit. Starting ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — State representatives passed legislation Friday to allow anyone charged with their first weapon-related offense to apply for a FOID card while they participate in a pretrial ...

Gov. JB Pritzker signed SB 1899, a measure that allows first-time, nonviolent offenders charged with low-level gun possession to apply for a FOID card while in a court-approved diversion program. Cook ...

SPRINGFIELD — Despite a temporary rule that extends the expiration dates for Firearm Owners Identification cards and concealed carry permits, many Illinois gun owners are still finding it difficult to ...

Robert “Bobby” E. Crimo III obtained a Firearm Owners Identification, or FOID, card, which is necessary to purchase firearms in Illinois, under the age of 21 with sponsorship from his father, a news ...

CHICAGO — People applying for Illinois Firearm Owner’s Identification cards are waiting more than 60 days as the Illinois State Police experience one of its busiest months ever processing applications ...