Thursday, October 1, 2026
U.S. District Judge April Perry must decide whether to appoint an independent special counsel or hear testimony to get to the bottom of the scandal-plagued case. But it’s unclear whether she will hand down a ruling during Thursday’s hearing.
Before federal immigration agents stormed across the Chicago region last year and President Donald Trump threatened to send in the National Guard, Gov. JB Pritzker warned both moves aimed to "normalize" a federal military presence to intimidate voters and depress turnout in the 2026 midterms.
Nearly one dozen current and former Ford Heights officials and employees were arraigned in connection to a corruption probe Wednesday.
A 78-year-old southern Illinois woman was alarmed when a popup message appeared on her computer in April warning that it had been compromised. She Googled the number for Microsoft support and called the first option that appeared in her search results.
A Macon County woman whose conviction was overturned by an appeals court earlier this year will remain overturned.