In a case with such an unpredictable defendant, no one knows for sure what might happen when jury selection is set to begin Monday morning.

Nearly 300 new Illinois laws are going into effect in 2025. Listed below are some that may have a significant impact on you or your business.

Theodis "Ted" Lewis, the first Black judge to be appointed to the Seventh Judicial Circuit, died at his home in Chatham on Feb. 17.

Metra hired a team of outside lawyers, who worked more than seven months, to conduct an internal investigation that cost the agency nearly $1.57 million.

The Illinois State Bar Association stands in support of the Rule of Law and an impartial and independent judiciary. Embodied in the U.S. Constitution, for 236 years these foundational principles have contributed significantly to an ordered society, the preservation of individual rights, checks and balances on excessive government actions, and a firm confidence by the public that access to equal justice is available to all.   

While two of the three people convicted in the murder of Karyn Hearn Slover are dead, the Illinois Innocence Project said it will continue to fight for post-conviction relief for the Slover family.

Ali M. Summers has been named the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois. As Acting U.S. Attorney, she is the chief federal law enforcement official in the Southern District of Illinois.

A judge ruled Thursday that victims of the Highland Park parade mass shooting can be present at the suspect’s trial that will begin on Monday with jury selection.

Lauren Aronson, who directs the Immigration Law Clinic at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign says the president’s series of executive orders on immigration upon taking office, shook her clients’ and students’ lives.