The Joliet City Council has authorized a $2 million class-action settlement to resolve thousands of long-disputed overweight and overlength trucking citations issued by municipal police over a multi-year period.

A program enhancing communication between drivers on the spectrum and law enforcement is expanding statewide.

Mexico has filed criminal complaints with state and county prosecutors seeking investigations into the deaths of 17 Mexican nationals, including Silverio Villegas González, who was shot and killed by ICE in Franklin Park nearly a year ago.

The Digital Chamber sued the Illinois Department of Revenue on Tuesday, asking a Sangamon County court to strike down the state's new Digital Asset Tax Act before it takes effect.

Defense attorney Tony Cameron issued the following statement after his client, Thomas Delcour, was sentenced to 20 years in prison after admitting to stabbing and wounding Quincy landlord Dorothy Hankins while she worked around her rental property in the Spring of 2024.

New laws bolster recruitment and retention efforts for deputy sheriffs, revoke driving privileges for drivers who cause fatal Move Over crashes.

Peoria’s city government has filed a lawsuit requesting a court-appointed receiver to “stabilize and improve” the shuttered Riverview Plaza, while the owner of the downtown high rise claims to have the same goals as the city to make the building iconic again.

Advocates argued in federal court Wednesday that the U.S. Forest Service failed to protect an endangered bat species during an ongoing logging project in southern Illinois.