The settlement would go to Carl Reed, a mentally disabled man who spent nearly 19 years in prison for the 2001 fatal stabbing of a North Side neighbor Reed was allegedly coerced by CPD detective Richard Zuley and now-deceased Det. Timothy Thompson into confessing to a murder he claimed he did not commit.

A law originally enacted to keep the state’s nuclear fleet profitable is instead giving relief to energy customers due to rising power costs and increased federal subsidies for nuclear generators.

On Jan. 1, 1998, an Illinois law took effect allowing the state to commit to an institution any sex offender who’d served their time in prison, but was still found to be a danger to the public. Illinois is one of 20 states with such a law on the books. 

For the second time in three years, the Illinois House voted to ban hidden “junk fees” that are often added to the total cost of ticketed events, hotel rooms and other goods and services.

The $1.15 billion project is designed to keep invasive carp species out of the Great Lakes. Federal officials want to move management of the project to Michigan.

Baby formula maker Abbott Labs has been ordered to pay at least $70 million, after a jury found the company should pay for allegedly not doing enough to prevent four infants from ingesting infant formula that caused them to become severely ill.

Travis Braden settled his civil rights case with Williamson County for $27,500 after he was restrained in a chair for days — a practice deemed “torture” by the United Nations.

What the city of Rockford says about who owns the data collected by Flock Safety cameras and what's written in Rockford Police Department general orders contradict each other — for now.