Friday, November 6, 2026
U.S. District Judge April Perry has ordered U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros and three rank-and-file prosecutors to testify under oath on Nov. 16. One of those prosecutors, William Hogan, asked Perry on Thursday to delay the hearing by a week, noting that his interests “may not be aligned” with the others’.
A routine trip to an auto repair shop is at the center of a wrongful death lawsuit after two people died from carbon monoxide poisoning inside a vehicle in Crystal Lake.
A federal grand jury has returned a 10-count superseding indictment against a former southern Illinois bar owner and teacher’s aide in an expanding child sexual exploitation investigation now involving four minors.
The Peoria Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois is calling on local elected officials and law enforcement leaders to publicly reaffirm their commitment to the Illinois Trust Act following reports of increased Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in Central Illinois.
A McHenry man was sentenced to seven years in prison for smashing into a business with a hammer and stealing its cash registers, a burglary solved when DNA from his bank robbery months later matched tools he dropped while fleeing.