Judge Walter D. Braud, a longtime Rock Island attorney, judge, author and community leader, died on Aug. 13 at the age of 86.

Communities across central and northern Illinois are dealing with strong storms and intense flooding. However, a new state law could help homeowners get financial relief after suffering flood damage.

Footage showed a man identified by Mayor Rory Hoskins as an ICE agent walking into the Forest Park Police Department while covering his face.

A new Illinois law aims to crack down on copper wire theft by restricting who can legally buy or sell the wire while also limiting how dealers can pay for it.

U.S. District Judge April Perry is expected to rule on whether to impose sanctions and appoint a special counsel in the tainted case. It’s the latest high-stakes moment for Perry, who previously shot down President Trump’s attempt to deploy the National Guard to Illinois and had her appointment as Chicago’s top federal prosecutor blocked by his vice president.

The sentencing hearing for an O’Fallon man who pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the case of a woman he dropped off dead at a local hospital in 2023 is set for later this month amid conflict-of-interest complaints.

A group of Illinois physicians, a Catholic bishop and a faith-based nursing home have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block portions of Illinois’ new assisted suicide law before it takes effect next month.

The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services blamed “significant miscommunication within the Department” for missing two court dates and its failure to respond to a lawsuit filed by Capitol News Illinois seeking the release of public records.

A drug dealer has been sentenced to a combined 28 years in prison for four homicides after victims in McHenry County and other parts of the Chicagoland area died after ingesting fentanyl-laced drugs he sold.