CHICAGO (WLS) -- Illinois State Police leaders were questioned Tuesday about DNA backlogs at state crime labs. Families of murder victims have been waiting for DNA to be processed as potential ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WLS) -- Illinois State Senators got an update on the state's DNA processing backlog for murders and other violent crimes at a Thursday hearing. Some families have waited years for ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (CBS) -- A tiny hand crafted from DNA in a lab in Illinois may be able to help researchers get a hold of viruses and isolate them. Scientists at the University of Illinois ...

The Illinois Family Roots Pilot program is expanding across the state after launching in June with 250 kits. A program aimed at helping Black residents trace their ancestry, and in some cases, ...

The circumstances surrounding the death of 18-year-old Jackson Kradle, whose body was found along Illinois Route 78 north of ...

ST. CHARLES, Ill. — Investigators have determined that a skull discovered in the wall of an Illinois home in 1978 was that of an Indiana teenager who died more than 150 years ago, authorities ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois State Police is to receive $2.5 million in federal money to reduce the state's backlog of DNA evidence. Illinois State Police director Jonathon Monken on Monday ...

The McLean County Sheriff’s Office announced that "McLean County Jane Doe," discovered on Feb. 2, 1982, along U.S. Route 136 ...

After 43 years, the remains of an unidentified woman discovered in rural McLean County in 1982 have been identified as Linda ...

ST. CHARLES, Ill. (AP) — Investigators have determined that a skull discovered in the wall of an Illinois home in 1978 was that of an Indiana teenager who died more than 150 years ago, authorities ...