Friday, August 21, 2026
Federal prosecutors on Thursday told a judge they aren’t yet ready to say whether they’ll retry the lead defendants in the “ComEd Four” case who were convicted in 2023 of bribing former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.
Whiteside County’s judicial system could wind up being bogged down with old cases after a verdict in a felony trial this week. It took months for the case to make it to court.
A federal jury has awarded $30 million to the family of a Cherry Valley woman who was killed when a FedEx semi-truck crashed into her pickup truck on Interstate 90 in 2020.
The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at Chicago on Tuesday rejected an Indiana “aid-or-assist” law, which prohibits physicians from helping minors obtain an abortion without first meeting the state’s parental consent requirements.
In Illinois, there have been no major changes to voting — though voters are confused about their rights, including whether they need to bring proof of citizenship to the ballot box.