The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office has been awarded a grant from the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Access to Justice for $40,371.86 for courthouse disability improvements.

The clock is ticking for TikTok in the United States. In the U.S. Supreme Court later this week, however, the social media application and some of its content creators still have time to make their case against a federal statute that threatens to banish TikTok on Jan. 19.

Bipartisan legislation introduced in Springfield would also create a system for relatives to ask the state to step in if they think their aging loved ones are no longer capable of driving.

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan continued his testimony in court Tuesday, facing questioning from both his attorney and the lawyer for co-defendant Mike McClain, who has been described as his political fixer.

A state social services agency that has been under fire on several fronts, most recently in an internal audit that found shortcomings in how the agency responded to complaints, is accused of negligence in a pair of lawsuits filed by the family of a man who died by suicide in a west suburban mental health center.

The federal Department of Veterans Affairs changes mean some vets are entitled to an extra year of college payments — 48 months instead of 36. But that’s not enough, say lawyers for James Rudisill, who successfully argued that the VA wrongly shortchanged him.

Allan Delphi, a LaSalle County farmer and landowner, felt the heat of the sun shining on him when making decisions that would affect him, his children, grandchildren and possibly others who work his land in the future.

Karina’s Bill passed the Illinois House by a vote of 80-33. It would require police to confiscate guns within 96 hours from people whose FOID cards have been revoked due to emergency restraining orders.

Once the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history, Michael Madigan took the stand Tuesday at his own corruption trial, a shocking move for a man once considered the most powerful politician in Illinois.