Morgan Geyser, the woman convicted in the Wisconsin Slender Man stabbing a decade ago, appeared in a Chicago courtroom Monday after escaping her group home Saturday.

An invoice for just under $48,000 was sent to Sangamon County Administrator Brian McFadden by Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins to cover overtime hours, meals, security infrastructure and medical supplies associated with the murder trial of Sean Grayson, held Oct. 21-29 at the Peoria County Courthouse.

Chicago-area housing advocates are bracing for many of the 8,500 formerly unhoused people whose residences are subsidized by the federal government to lose their homes after the Trump administration announced it was drastically changing its funding rules and slashing the money available to subsidize long-term housing solutions.

The Fourth District Appellate Court has reversed a circuit court decision and bounced a property tax dispute between Logan County and the not-for-profit that formerly ran Lincoln College back to the lower court.

Illinois law holds businesses that serve alcohol liable for injuries caused by an intoxicated patron; damages capped at $107K.

U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis found examples of federal agents enthusiastically deploying tear gas and using ChatGPT to write use-of-force reports, during their aggressive deportation campaign throughout the Chicago area.

The Illinois Department of Children and Families, or DCFS, issued a statement Friday confirming that murder victim Kylie Toberman,14, was once under their care.

Nearly six decades after becoming a lawyer, former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has been disbarred following his convictions on federal corruption charges — including bribery — earlier this year.