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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

On the final day of the spring legislative session, the Democrat-led Illinois General Assembly passed a measure intended to make it easier for people who have been arrested for carrying guns illegally ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 (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 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — A plan in Springfield could allow anyone charged with their first weapon-related offense to apply for a FOID card while they participate in a pretrial diversion program.

(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 — 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 ...

State police say that's because 70,000 applications have piled up in their outsource processing center - and that's because there are only four state workers doing background checks. The I-Team has ...

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 ...