Byron Frazier, 32, was convicted last year of attempted first-degree murder, aggravated battery, armed violence, and armed habitual criminal.

Two Chicago men who were wrongfully convicted of a 2003 murder were awarded a massive settlement from the city. John Fulton and Anthony Mitchell both spent 16 years behind bars for the murder. Their lawyers said they were forced into making false confessions by Chicago police and Cook County prosecutors

OTTAWA COUNTY, MI – Holland police last week arrested a man who was wanted in the killing of the CEO of an Illinois trucking company. The suspect, who has not been identified, was captured at a Holland truck stop.

The Illinois Holocaust Museum in Skokie will close in July 2025 for expansion construction and will add a downtown Chicago site.

Police in a central Illinois waited more than three years to arrest a man for drugging and raping a woman — and nearly a year after an order of protection against him expired. Loves Park police did not explain the delay in the arrest of 66-year-old Dennis Bieniek for the February 2022 incident,

Some residents of rural Illinois and Oregon are hoping to ditch their states and either join neighboring ones or create entire new states.

The lawsuit filed just over one month after Aguilar-Hurtado’s death said she was arrested on a misdemeanor battery charge on March 19, 2023, and was deemed unfit to plead or stand trial due to her schizophrenia.

It’s a fight for a more stable and productive community, as business leaders across the stateline share their support for high-quality early childhood programs.

A brother and sister from Illinois were sentenced to prison after officials said they kidnapped a local businessman and held him for ransom.

Without careful evaluation of whether Illinois’ pensions for newer employees are running afoul of federal rules or what the penalties would be, spending $78 million from the state’s budget is premature and wasteful.

Some residents sold their properties while others are leasing to the different power companies. During the approval process for the Bee Hollow solar project in St. Clair County, Illinois, concerns were raised about the environmental impact of tree removal.

A broad coalition of advocacy groups is supporting legislation in Springfield to require Illinois agencies purchase food from local farmers and producers to serve in public facilities.