The Sangamon County State’s Attorney announced Thursday he will not charge the driver of the Jeep that crashed into the YNOT Afterschool Camp in Chatham.

A summary of People v. Smith, which was handed down yesterday.

A Belleville attorney who admitted to stealing thousands from his clients has been sentenced to 7 ½ years in federal prison.

Chicago Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin will pay a $30,000 fine to settle two ethics cases stemming from findings that she misused taxpayer resources for personal and political purposes and improperly fired whistleblowers, the city announced.

A panel at Heartland Community College in Normal discussed the case of Jamie Snow with relatives and experts, raising awareness of wrongful convictions and the exoneration process on Thursday.

A federal judge has ordered immediate reforms at the Mary Davis Juvenile Detention Home, finding that excessive use of confinement at the Galesburg facility likely has violated the constitutional rights of youth detained there.

Cook County Public Defender Sharone Mitchell Jr. and a coalition of legal groups and social service organizations are petitioning Chief Judge Timothy Evans to enter a general order prohibiting warrantless immigration arrests in or around courthouses.

Two groups that advocate for forests and wilderness are suing the US Forest service to stop construction of a road in the Shawnee National Forest. The groups - Wilderness Watch and Heartwood filed suit Tuesday in Federal Court in the Southern District of Illinois.