A Chicago man faces multiple felonies in connection with properties being defaced on the city’s West Side. Philip Dominguez, 38, a resident of the 2400 block of South Springfield Avenue, faces five felony counts of hate crime to property, one felony count of criminal damage to property, and five misdemeanor counts of criminal damage to property under $500.

Gov Pritzker Monday signed a pair of bills meant to address gun safety. “HB 1373 requires firearm tracing in all cases where a gun is recovered at the scene of a crime or is believed to be associated with a crime,” the governor said at a bill-signing ceremony in Chicago.”Through the eTrace platform, Illinois police will provide investigators with complete information on crime patterns.”

A suspect sought in connection with the fatal shooting of a Streator teenager has been apprehended by U.S. Marshals in the Chicagoland area, authorities said Monday.

A Beardstown man has been found unfit to stand trial after nearly a year in jail and multiple hearings. Andrew J. Wright, 42, of Beardstown was found unfit to stand trial in Cass County Circuit Court for attempted first-degree murder and aggravated battery with a firearm, both Class X felonies, on Tuesday, July 22nd by visiting judge Kevin Tippey.

While the General Assembly is currently between sessions for the summer, there is still some action coming from Springfield, according to 84th District Democratic State Representative Stephanie Kifowit. Kifowit says Governor J.B. Pritzker signed Senate Bill 1563 into law last week, which would speed up the eviction process on squatters.

Statewide arrests among 18- to 25-year-olds are comparatively high but trending downward, according to data presented at last Thursday’s quarterly meeting of the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council [CJCC]. With one notable exception.

Tea, a provocative dating app designed to let women anonymously ask or warn each other about men they'd encountered, rocketed to the top spot on the U.S. Apple App Store last week. On Friday, the company behind the app confirmed it had been hacked: Thousands of images, including selfies, were leaked online.

A landlord sentenced to decades in prison after he killed a Palestinian American boy and wounded his mother has died.