Sonya Massey was shot and killed in July 2024 by now former Sangamon County Sheriff's Deputy Sean Grayson. Her death sparked protests, calls for justice, and prompted change within the Sangamon County Sheriff's Department.

The former mayor of McCook admitted in 2020 that he shook down a restaurant owner and engaged in other extortion and bribery schemes.

A Lake County sheriff’s deputy has filed a federal lawsuit against the county’s sheriff and state’s attorney alleging he was demoted as part of political retaliation for supporting the state’s attorney’s opponent.

Following an Illinois official raising alarm about law enforcement in Texas who allegedly accessed data from license plate reading technology in Illinois, the CEO of the company that builds the tech made a statement explaining what happened and also commented on Illinois specifically.

An attorney for Illinois Senate President Don Harmon’s political operation says state election authorities reached an “absurd” conclusion earlier this year in issuing nearly $10 million in penalties against Harmon’s campaign fund after determining he violated campaign fundraising limits.

This plan would require the Illinois Law Enforcement Training & Standards Board to teach police officers how to identify conflicts of interest and options to address those conflicts when officers know a sexual assault victim or the abuser.

Gov. JB Pritzker signed a pair of health care-related bills that he said would put more controls on the pricing of pharmaceutical drugs sold through insurance plans while expanding insurance coverage for certain kinds of hospital costs.

Convinced her children were possessed by the devil, a Logan Square woman allegedly fatally stabbed her 4-year-old son 36 times and critically wounded her two other children before setting fire to their home Friday morning, Cook County prosecutors said.

Lawmakers vote to decrease funding for housing programs by more than $14M.