Thursday, July 30, 2026
A Hollywood movie producer with credits on “Joker” and “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” was charged this week with running a $100 million Ponzi scheme that ensnared several Illinois investors, the Department of Justice announced.
A Peoria man who had been convicted of first-degree murder last year had his conviction reversed Wednesday, with the judge who made the decision instead sentencing him to 10 years in prison for involuntary manslaughter.
A lawsuit filed in Sangamon County last week alleges the Catholic Archdiocese of Springfield enabled and concealed the sexual abuse of an altar boy by a former priest in Taylorville in the 1990s.
Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice P. Scott Neville, Jr. was honored yesterday, July 29, as the recipient of the William H. Hastie Award by the National Bar Association at the 2026 Thurgood Marshall Awards Luncheon in Nashville, Tennessee. Presented by the NBA’s Judicial Council, the award recognizes excellence in legal and judicial scholarship and a demonstrated commitment to justice and the rule of law.
The Illinois State Board of Elections told the U.S. Department of Justice this week it is complying with all federal laws governing voter registration and the maintenance of voter rolls, and it pushed back against threats by the Trump administration to prosecute state and local authorities for allowing illegal election activity.
For more than 40 years, Nancy Alexander lived in the shadow of a secret that broke her heart every single day. She was just a young girl—a Chicago Public School student struggling with epilepsy—when the one person assigned to help her learn to read allegedly stole her childhood instead.
Thirteen high achieving college students gained insight on legal careers and preparing for law school last week through Southern Illinois University Simmons Law School’s Pipeline to Practice program.