Thursday, November 12, 2026
During 26 years spent in prison, Abdul Malik Muhammad earned a bachelor's degree, wrote a play that was performed at the Goodman Theatre, did training in brick masonry and roofing and was even inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa honor society, his attorneys say.
Circuit Judge Adam Giganti tossed the county’s first data center lawsuit Nov. 6 before the trial stage, writing that the Sangamon County Board “is responsible for the management of County funds, along with the authority to regulate issues including zoning, public health and building safety, among others.”
The City of Peoria is making changes to how cannabis is sold while also considering new restrictions on related products.
A Cook County judge has undone one of the most confounding pretrial detention decisions we’ve reported, ordering a man accused of killing a pedestrian while driving drunk in Lakeview jailed after another judge released him on electronic monitoring.
In 1855, a man named Joseph slipped away at night from the Missouri plantation where he was enslaved, crossed the Mississippi River to Cairo, Illinois, and boarded an Illinois Central train bound for Chicago.