Tuesday, August 25, 2026
Criminal jury trials have resumed in Whiteside County, six months after they were halted when questions surfaced about the fairness of the county’s jury selection process.
Illinois prosecutors shared defendants’ personal data with federal immigration agents without criminal warrants, public disclosure, or legislative oversight.
Illinois agreed to a federal court order issued late last week that will temporarily shield some medical professionals and hospitals from an assisted suicide law that takes effect in September.
A federal judge in Chicago has tossed a defamation lawsuit in which two Loevy & Loevy attorneys sought $600 million from their former cannabis dispensary business partners.
A new Illinois law will close a loophole that advocates say has left domestic violence survivors without protection for weeks or months at a time.
A Carbondale Community High School teacher’s aide allegedly cultivated an online relationship with an underage girl, sending her money and gifts while repeatedly encouraging her to make sexually explicit videos of herself, according to a federal criminal complaint and an FBI affidavit.