Friday, October 9, 2026
The family of a man shot dead by an immigration enforcement agent in the Chicago area last year moved to sue the government on Thursday for a shooting they allege was unlawful and could have been prevented, according to attorneys for the family.
U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis presides over a lawsuit brought by Illinois and Chicago against Homeland Security. It alleges Midway Blitz was designed to coerce the state and city into assisting the federal government with its aggressive deportation efforts.
A Beach Park man was arrested for DUI for the ninth time after authorities say he kept going for half a mile when an officer tried to stop him in Zion and was “sloppily” eating a burrito when the officer walked up.
Two Illinois Commerce Commission administrative law judges issued a proposed order Tuesday to slash an already downwardly revised Peoples Gas rate increase request by more than half.
A former police officer with ties to several Central Illinois departments has been charged with child sexual abuse material.
It took an Adams County jury right about two hours to find a Quincy tattoo shop owner guilty on four counts related to a sexual assault that happened on March 25. Juan Duarte, 31, was found guilty of one count of criminal sexual assault and three separate counts of criminal sexual abuse following a three-day trial in Adams County.