CHICAGO (WLS) -- The ABC7 I-Team has been tracking delays of firearm credentials--for more than a year now. Now, the state of Illinois has a plan to fix the problem. The director of Illinois State ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- New legislation introduced late Wednesday afternoon in Springfield would, for the first time, require gun owners to be fingerprinted. Under the proposal, a Firearm Owners ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (NEXSTAR) — A circuit court judge ruled on Tuesday that the Firearm Owners’ Identification Card requirement in state law “goes too far” and “makes criminals out of law-abiding ...

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 ...

CARTERVILLE, Ill. (WSIL)-- Many Illinoisans who should not have guns because of legal or mental health reasons are not turning them in to authorities. That's according to a new report that says over ...

(The Center Square) – Illinoisans who are either denied a Firearm Owners ID Card or had their FOID card revoked could have a process to get their rights back with a measure that cleared the General ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — A bill moving in Springfield could provide more due process for people with revoked FOID cards. The FOID Card Review Board would establish a process for gun owners to ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. AURORA, Ill. — Felony charges have been ...

CHICAGO -- The heartache at Henry Pratt Company that ended with six people dead and five police officers wounded-started in 2014, although nobody knew it. 2014 is when the shooter Gary Montez Martin ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Starting this month everyone who legally owns an assault rifle in Illinois has to register it with the state. The Protect Illinois Communities Act regulates the sale of assault ...

Jeramie Bizzle is a web producer for CBS Chicago. Jeramie began working with CBS Chicago as an intern in 2017 and returned as a full-time Web Producer in 2021. He has previously written for the Austin ...