Have you started filling up your summer calendar with plans yet?
If you're from Illinois, then you know Starved Rock State Park has to make the summer bucket list. However, this summer is going to be different than the rest.
Everyone has pretty much been inside/at home for the past year due to the COVID-19 pandemic...
The Illinois State Police (ISP) are well aware of the incredible backlog of Illinois Firearm Owners Identification Cards (FOID) and concealed-carry licenses (CCL) waiting to be renewed, and because of that, they've given a 150-day extension to those of us who've seen our cards expire.
An early weekend accident involving a Belvidere man could have been deadly, leading to IL State Police remind drivers to move over and to not drink and drive.
The average time for processing a FOID (Firearm Owner Identification) application in Illinois is 121 days, and the average time for a CCL is 145 days, according to Illinois State Police. It's supposed to be 30 days.
The Illinois State Police say the average time for FOID (Firearm Owners Identification) card processing is 116.35 days. FOID cards are supposed to be processed within 30 days.
The extension now gives FOID card owners and CCL holders (whose card expired after March 9th) eighteen months to renew after Illinois' disaster proclamation ends.
In the first two weeks of June, more than 42,000 people in Illinois applied for a gun permit, the Chicago Tribune reported on Thursday, citing data from the Illinois State Police.