Pritzer orders more Guard troops to fight flooding June 28, 2019 1:20 pm|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker has activated an additional 80 Illinois National Guard troops for flood-fighting…
S. Illinois mobile home park evacuated due to high water June 12, 2019 11:15 am|EAST CAPE GIRARDEAU, Ill. (AP) – Residents of a mobile home park in southern Illinois have been evacuated…
Pritzker tabs Air Force officer as Illinois adjutant general February 7, 2019 12:32 pm|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker has named an Air Force officer to lead the Illinois National…
Monmouth business owner and National Guardsman saves man’s life September 7, 2018 9:20 pm|A member of the Illinois Army National Guard and Monmouth business owner was able to intervene to save…
Illinois governor will not send National Guard to Chicago August 9, 2018 11:21 am|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Gov. Bruce Rauner says he will not dispatch the Illinois National Guard to Chicago…
Illinois National Guard medic dies in ambulance accident March 28, 2018 11:44 am|ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) – Authorities say an Illinois National Guard medic from Elgin died when the military ambulance…
Illinois National Guard opens new $64.6M aviation facility November 7, 2017 12:41 pm|KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois National Guard has opened a new aviation facility and readiness center.
Illinois Archives repairs, digitizes World War I maps November 4, 2017 1:09 pm|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The state of Illinois has repaired and digitized 57 maps that the Illinois National…
Illinois sends utility crews, National Guard to Florida September 9, 2017 12:09 pm|CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago-area utility company is sending crews and contractors to Florida to help provide restoration assistance…
Illinois National Guard sends plane in advance of Irma September 4, 2017 12:23 pm|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois National Guard is preparing to help out again with another potentially damaging hurricane.
7 Illinois airmen, 1 aircraft to help in Texas after Harvey August 31, 2017 4:37 pm|PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois National Guard says it’s sending seven airmen and a C-130 cargo plane to…
National Guard gets certified military judge May 12, 2017 7:31 pm|CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois family law judge has been certified as the Illinois National Guard’s first military judge.
Illinois National Guard soldiers return from Afghanistan January 5, 2017 1:40 pm|SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — About 30 Illinois Army National Guard members who served in Afghanistan during the past…