Kathi Edwards is a freelance correspondent for the Rockford Register Star.

More than 40 years after Karen Schepers vanished without a trace, authorities have confirmed that skeletal remains found in her submerged car in the Fox River belong to the missing woman.

Karen Schepers was seen for the last time on April 16, 1983, at a work party at a bar in Carpentersville. She was the last ...

Peoria Mayor Rita Ali and At-Large City Councilman John Kelly are running for mayor on Tuesday, with Ali hoping to continue her accomplishments in a second term and Kelly aiming to turn Peoria ...

Police say the car belonging to a missing Illinois woman that was found in a river earlier this week was located nearly three ...

As police were recovering the car with the missing woman's remains inside, a man told them of the 2022 search.

An Alton woman was charged after allegedly “swiping” another woman’s car keys off the bar at a Wood River lounge and leading police on a high-speed chase into Missouri. The 23-year-old suspect was ...

Mahomet, IL resident Jason Lindsey and co-director Scott Krahn have released an award-winning short documentary titled "It's ...

A boom, a puff of smoke and it was the beginning of the end for the old eastbound span of the McClugage Bridge which will be brought down in series of controlled ...

Karen was 23 years old when she was last seen attending a party with co-workers at a bar in the early hours of April 16, 1983. Neither Karen nor her 1980 Toyota Celica was seen again until now.

Elgin police on Wednesday said three years ago the city's fire department sent divers out after a fisherman found an unusual ...