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 ...

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 ...

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, 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 ...

The Illinois Attorney General’s Office has charged an Aurora man with felony forgery and falsifying information on a Firearm Owners Identification card application he submitted to the Illinois State ...

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 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Illinois lawmakers are considering a plan to pay gun owners if the state is late in approving their Firearm Owners Identification card. The measure passed the House 80-29 ...

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 ...

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 ...