The fight to prove a family’s innocence of a murder they were convicted of is coming down to DNA samples, which their defense lawyers say prove they did not commit the crime.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville brought science and justice to life during the inaugural Forensic Murder Mystery Camp, held June 9–13 at the Southwestern Illinois Justice & Workforce Development Campus in Belleville.

A southern Illinois lawmaker is calling for reforms at the U.S. Postal Service processing center that serves much of the region.

Evidence of Dee Ann Schippert’s gambling is allowed to be presented in court, a judge ruled on Tuesday. Schippert, the former Administrator of the Iroquois County Public Health District, is facing 33 felony counts, including theft of government property, forgery and official misconduct.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced this week he has joined another multistate lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's decision to withhold billions of dollars in federal funds that had previously been approved for states and other grantees.

For many Americans, the idea of watching fireworks displays on the Fourth of July, and maybe even shooting off their own, has become synonymous with the holiday that celebrates the nation's independence.

A duck hunting club in Williamson County was ordered to shut down for two years after the owner pleaded guilty to illegal baiting, according to the U.S. Department of Justice Attorney's Office Southern District of Illinois.

Chicago Police Department officials agreed to revise proposed new rules and prohibit officers from searching vehicles based on the smell of raw cannabis, a coalition of reform groups told the federal judge overseeing efforts to reform the Chicago Police Department.

As Tuesday marks the three-year anniversary of the decision in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization case that overturned a nearly 50-year-old ruling in Roe v. Wade, abortion clinics in Illinois remain concerned over funding.