In a quiet Decatur neighborhood, from 2023 to 2024, a woman was being beaten, threatened and sold to other men by her boyfriend. Bailey Bova's abuser pleaded guilty and was sentenced to time in the Illinois Department of Corrections. But he faces less than two years behind bars after sentencing, before he is eligible for parole.

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WAND

A Chicago couple is suing two Taylor Farms-related companies, alleging contaminated lettuce caused the husband to become seriously ill after the couple ate at a Taco Bell on West Belmont Avenue in July.

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Fox 32

In over a third of Illinois counties, cops, sheriffs, and even prosecutors helped federal immigration agents route at least 150 people into the deportation system since Trump returned to office, despite a state law intended to prevent such collaboration.

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Capitol News Illinois

Member Appreciation Reception Honoring 2026 Class of Distinguished Counselors

Join us in honoring the 2026 class of Distinguished Counselors at our Fall Member Appreciation Reception! Celebrate this year’s class of Distinguished Counselors, connect with your ISBA friends and colleagues, and enjoy an evening of networking at The Westin Chicago Lombard. The reception will feature hors d’oeuvres, beer, and wine. We hope to see you there!

DISCLAIMER

By registering for the event, you declare the following:

I understand that at ISBA events, the ISBA may take photographs, video, film, and audio of registrants, participants, attendees, and their guests. By registering for, or attending, such events I consent to the ISBA’s editing, copying, publishing, distributing, and using my image, likeness, voice, and name for any ISBA purpose. Such purposes may include, but not be limited to, ISBA marketing and communications, posting on ISBA websites and social media platforms, and sharing with other members, registrants, or attendees. I further understand that any photographs, video, film, and audio taken at ISBA events by the ISBA are owned and copyrighted by the ISBA, and that I waive: (1) any compensation for the ISBA’s use of my image, likeness, voice, and name; and (2) any opportunity or right to inspect or approve the photographs, videos, film, or audio prior to ISBA use.

It’s been exactly a month of what one global cyber expert calls “complete chaos” in the public water industry, and now we know why.

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NBC 5 Chicago

An 18-year-old man was arrested Tuesday following an approximately three-hour standoff in Zion after police identified him as a suspect in a series of alleged armed robberies and attempted vehicular carjackings reported over the weekend.

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Country Herald

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin and advocates sounded an alarm Wednesday over what they described as systemic due-process violations at Chicago’s downtown immigration court, calling a strategy to speed up their cases and issue deportation orders to unaccompanied minors a “mockery of the justice system.”

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Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced Wednesday he has joined a multistate lawsuit against the U.S. Postal Service challenging new rules that purport to give it authority to regulate mail-in voting in federal elections.

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Capitol News Illinois