CHICAGO — Illinois officials will begin accepting applications today from people who want to carry concealed weapons, but it could be months before anyone will be allowed to possess the firearms.

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Phil Allen and other Illinois gun enthusiasts eager for the right to publicly carry concealed handguns are celebrating as their long-awaited permits showing arrive in their mailboxes ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois State Police will only accept online applications from people who want new concealed carry permits. And that's concerning for one Illinois lawmaker who was the chief ...

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois State Police announced that an alternative application option to apply for a concealed carry license (CCL) is available for individuals without computer access. Applicants can ...

ST. LOUIS -- A Southern Illinois retiree whose legal fight helped bring about an end to the state's last-in-the-nation ban on concealed carry has become among the state's first to get her permit to ...

Mike Hale, manager of Metro Shooting Supplies in Belleville, watches as Michelle Kimberlin of Millstadt feels the weight of a shotgun at the store on Dec. 11, 2012, the day that a federal appellate ...

The regulatory body at the center of a stir over a law allowing retired county and state correctional officers virtually unrestricted permission to carry concealed weapons is seeking legislation to ...

Following the killing of Charlie Kirk, a conservative influencer and Illinois native, who died after being shot in the neck at an event in Utah on Wednesday; people may be wondering how a firearm got ...

Jan. 21—SPRINGFIELD — Amid multiple recent challenges to state gun control laws, the Illinois Supreme Court heard arguments Jan. 14 concerning the constitutionality of concealed carry licenses and ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. -- A federal judge in Rockford has declared a state law banning concealed firearms on public transit systems unconstitutional - at least as it applies to four individuals who challenged ...