An appeals court has denied Barton McNeil’s request to reconsider evidence and grant him a new trial in a 1998 Bloomington murder. McNeil was convicted of first-degree murder for the smothering death of his 3-year-old daughter, Christina. He has long maintained his innocence, claiming his ex-girlfriend Misook Nowlin to be the killer. She has denied that.

Early in the morning outside Cook County Jail, a group of new detainees stepped out of a Chicago police wagon and walked bleary-eyed into the bright sunlight before lining up inside against a brick wall. Brought in from the police districts, the men were among the newest bookings to the jail, where they would wait until a judge ruled on whether they would be admitted or released while their charges were pending.

Justice Mary K. O’Brien and the Illinois Supreme Court have announced the appointment of Associate Judge Michelle A. Vescogni as an At-Large Circuit Judge for the 13th Judicial Circuit. Judge Vescogni was appointed to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Cynthia M. Raccuglia on February 28, 2025.

According to a new Thomson Reuters report, almost everyone thinks that artificial intelligence will be an important part of their jobs within the near future—that is, if they can learn how to use it properly.

Democratic state Sen. Emil Jones III told a federal jury in his bribery trial Thursday that the FBI asked him to wire up on the CEO of Roseland Community Hospital as part of a cooperation bid that could keep Jones from being charged.

President Donald Trump’s administration is erasing students’ immigration status without explanation. School officials at the University of Illinois Chicago, Northwestern and the University of Chicago say they’re not even receiving notification.

The proposed law would make it easier for police officers to remove squatters from someone's home, bypassing the months-long eviction process. It was passed in the Illinois Senate and is heading to the House for review.