A man convicted of killing a child is facing charges that he didn’t tell police that he had changed jobs and moved near a day care center.

A federal magistrate judge insisted Thursday that a man caught up in President Donald Trump’s deportation campaign in Elgin this week poses “no danger to the community that I see … whatsoever” as she considered whether to keep him behind bars.

The Will County Sheriff’s Office is refusing to release police reports regarding an investigation of theft at a nonprofit organization despite a request for their disclosure by the Illinois Attorney General’s Office.

Navigating the school system can be overwhelming for many Rockford families. That’s why the City of Rockford’s Violence Prevention Coordinating Council partnered with Illinois Legal Aid Online or ILAO to host a free community training.

A newspaper publisher in central and southern Illinois has sold its papers to a Kentucky-based company, testing a new state law designed to keep newspaper ownership local.

Some of those arrested have violent criminal histories, including men convicted of murder and sexually abusing a child. Others were previously deported. But the full scale of the operation remains unclear.

Illinois will release a new round of federal funding to build electric vehicle charging stations after the Trump administration initially sought to withhold it. The state on Wednesday announced plans to release $18 million it received after successfully suing the Trump administration for withholding the funds that Congress had already allocated.

Walgreens appeared before the Illinois Supreme Court Wednesday to argue against a class action lawsuit filed by concerned customers. The case surrounds credit and debit card digits included on Walgreens receipts.

Keller Farms has been cleared to continue its lawsuit against railroad operator CSX over historic flooding, caused when water backed up into the community of Caseyville behind debris trapped under a railroad bridge, wiped out much of their crops in July 2022, as a federal judge ruled CSX can't use federal rules governing railroads to pull the plug on the legal action.