The United Automobile Workers union has been pressing the automaker, which owns Chrysler and Jeep, to revive the plant in Belvidere, Ill.

The man struck by the Jeep was a 35-year-old Freeburg resident. He was rushed to the hospital for treatment but was later pronounced dead.

John Elkann, chairman of Jeep-maker Stellantis, wasted no time reassuring President Trump of the global automaker’s commitment to U.S. manufacturing. The scion of Italy’s famous Agnelli family met with Trump last week to emphasize the company’s support for American workers.

Previously the Illinois site was the exclusive home of the Jeep Cherokee crossover. But the factory was completely mothballed in February 2023 after the last of the series was built and the crossover temporarily discontinued. By that point the site had ...

Illinois State Police said ... As police and firefighters were on the scene of the crash, a black Jeep hit three other vehicles, including a Chicago Fire Department fire truck that was helping ...

Automaker Stellantis plans to reopen an assembly plant in Illinois and build the next generation Dodge Durango in Detroit, the automaker said Wednesday

UAW workers in the stateline are shouting a rally cry as automaker Stellantis announces it will reopen its shuttered Belvidere, Illinois auto assembly plant. UAW officials say in a statement

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A driver slammed into a Chicago Fire Department engine on Saturday morning, Illinois State police said. The crash happened at about 4:04 a.m. on the city's West Side on the eastbound lanes of I-290. ISP said a car was driving the wrong way and ended up crashing and overturning on the CTA tracks near Kostner Avenue.

According to an email, Stellantis Chair John Elkann met with President Donald Trump and discussed the company's plan to reopen the Belvidere plant.

Quite a few Cherokees and Mopar PTU assemblies have been produced with an input shaft snap ring that is not fully seated

A midsize Ram pickup truck, possibly a domestic version of the unibody Ram Rampage, will be built at Stellantis' currently dormant Belvidere, Illinois plant.

One of those contracts was a green light for the production of the Ram Rampage, which is scheduled to commence in 2027 at its plant in Belvidere, Illinois. Currently sitting at id