A man accused of fatally shooting his daughter-in-law outside a northwest suburban hotel was ordered detained in the Cook County Jail on Monday. A Rolling Meadows Court judge ruled 76-year-old Roland Schmidt is a danger to the community, witnesses to the crime, and his family.

Debra B. Walker, a native of Carthage, and Chicago attorney Genevieve E. (nee Niemann) Miller, a native of Quincy, were recently honored by the Illinois State Bar Association. Miller received ISBA’s Young Lawyer of the Year Award, while Walker received ISBA’s Carole Bellows Woman of Influence Award.

A Macon County jury awarded a family $17.1 million Tuesday in a wrongful death lawsuit after their infant son died in 2019. Attorneys for Colton and Hannah Bayless said the family’s son Oliver suffered injuries during childbirth in May 2018, and the injuries resulted in his death in February 2019.

Justice David K. Overstreet and the Illinois Supreme Court have announced the recall and appointment of the Honorable James Hackett to the Fifth District Appellate Court. Judge Hackett is being recalled and appointed to fill the vacancy created by the death of Justice Thomas Welch on July 7, 2025. The appointment is effective August 8, 2025, and will conclude on December 7, 2026.

A Chicago man faces multiple felonies in connection with properties being defaced on the city’s West Side. Philip Dominguez, 38, a resident of the 2400 block of South Springfield Avenue, faces five felony counts of hate crime to property, one felony count of criminal damage to property, and five misdemeanor counts of criminal damage to property under $500.

Gov Pritzker Monday signed a pair of bills meant to address gun safety. “HB 1373 requires firearm tracing in all cases where a gun is recovered at the scene of a crime or is believed to be associated with a crime,” the governor said at a bill-signing ceremony in Chicago.”Through the eTrace platform, Illinois police will provide investigators with complete information on crime patterns.”

A suspect sought in connection with the fatal shooting of a Streator teenager has been apprehended by U.S. Marshals in the Chicagoland area, authorities said Monday.

A Beardstown man has been found unfit to stand trial after nearly a year in jail and multiple hearings. Andrew J. Wright, 42, of Beardstown was found unfit to stand trial in Cass County Circuit Court for attempted first-degree murder and aggravated battery with a firearm, both Class X felonies, on Tuesday, July 22nd by visiting judge Kevin Tippey.

While the General Assembly is currently between sessions for the summer, there is still some action coming from Springfield, according to 84th District Democratic State Representative Stephanie Kifowit. Kifowit says Governor J.B. Pritzker signed Senate Bill 1563 into law last week, which would speed up the eviction process on squatters.

Statewide arrests among 18- to 25-year-olds are comparatively high but trending downward, according to data presented at last Thursday’s quarterly meeting of the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council [CJCC]. With one notable exception.