The law requires probation agencies to conduct an assessment of the minor's needs and identify restorative justice programs for high-risk youth, cognitive behavioral therapy, family engagement and mentoring options.

A group of Lake County residents has filed a lawsuit to block a 472-acre data center campus in Grayslake, which they call a project of “unprecedented scale” that was given approval without adequate public disclosure.

Gov. JB Pritzker has signed a bill into law to help schools alert first responders about emergencies faster. The law requires public and private schools to consider using a mobile panic alert system for emergency and crisis response. 

Four coal mine managers were indicted this week, accused of concealing an August 2021 underground fire at a sprawling southern Illinois mining operation, lying about hazardous conditions and obstructing the federal investigation that followed.

Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke is asking Illinois residents to contact their state legislators and push for an overhaul of the state’s electronic monitoring law.

A teenager accused of fatally stabbing a 78-year-old man in East St. Louis while dressed in a clown costume will undergo a mental health evaluation.

Ammons pleaded not guilty on July 16 to 10 felony charges, including wire fraud, lying to the FBI and conspiring to obstruct justice.

Those who frequent the Dirksen federal building know not to drink the water because it repeatedly tests positive for Legionella, the bacteria that causes Legionnaires' disease.