A Lake in the Hills man who pleaded guilty in 2022 to defrauding the state out of more than $3 million in sales tax revenue from a group of Denny’s restaurants he owned is seeking to have his conviction sealed.

Illinois state officials, the city of Chicago and Cook County's sheriff have all asked a federal judge to toss a lawsuit brought by the mother of 11-year-old Jayden Perkins, who was killed in an attack by his mother's ex-boyfriend, as they argue they cannot be held legally responsible for releasing the accused murderer from prison early or doing enough to protect the woman and her children.

The number of former juvenile inmates who allege they were sexually abused at the hands of staff at juvenile detention facilities across Illinois has grown to more than 900, according to their attorneys.

President Donald Trump's pick to oversee federal criminal prosecutions in Chicago was put in place on an interim basis. Now that job could become permanent.

The name Aaron Rossi is notorious in Greater Peoria since the beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Initially, his laboratory work was his focus, but that quickly took a 180-degree turn.

A woman got into an argument with her girlfriend, killed her and staged her death as a suicide, Illinois prosecutors said.

The Chicago Board of Election Commissioners had previously argued that the state’s election code barred its employees from forming a union. But the law shouldn’t be read that way, administrative law Judge Anna Hamburg-Gal found in an order Monday that paves the way for official recognition of the union.

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan asked a judge Monday to let him stay out of prison while he appeals the conviction that led to a 7 ½-year prison sentence he’s due to begin serving in three months.

CPD made 45% fewer traffic stops in 2024, but Black and Latino drivers were four times more likely than white drivers to be pulled over.