Monday, October 26, 2026
A judge has given a man a five-year sentence for burglarizing the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office inside the Leighton Criminal Courthouse. But he could face additional prison time after pleading guilty to kidnapping and attempted criminal sexual assault in an unrelated case, where sentencing remains pending.
A Kane County circuit court judge upheld the Aurora electoral board’s decision to place an Aurora recall referendum question on the November ballot. The referendum question, already on early voting ballots, asks voters if the city of Aurora should adopt mechanisms that would allow a sitting mayor to be recalled.
A federal jury is soon expected to decide who legally owns the artwork and writings of Henry Darger, more than 50 years after the death of the North Side hermit. The work is estimated to be worth millions of dollars.
Legislation to test autonomous vehicles in Illinois may come up again in the November veto session, though the lead sponsor of a pilot bill says there’s still a lot of work to do.
Sixty-five central Illinois students recently went to University of Illinois Springfield to learn lawmaking at Sen. Steve McClure’s Youth Advisory Council program. Students heard from McClure, Sen. Sally Turner, Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lisa Holder White, and WAND News reporter Mike Miletich.