Friday, October 23, 2026
A plan to close four downstate correctional facilities drew strong opposition at a public hearing Wednesday in Du Quoin, where critics cited concerns about future upkeep of the facilities and Illinois’ approach to the incarceration of young and low-level offenders.
A jury convicted a former Park City police officer Wednesday of sexually abusing a woman he pulled over twice, threatening her with criminal charges, prosecutors said, adding that he “thought he was above the law.”
A Southern Illinois federal judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit in which a man alleged U.S. Steel violated federal disability protection law by using his dyslexia diagnosis to keep him from taking on certain roles at work.
The family of Mary Alice Love learned Thursday that the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office will not be filing criminal charges against the Mundelein Police Department officer who shot and killed her back in May.
A Rockton man is facing child sexual abuse material and weapons charges after investigators said they linked him to an online account that allegedly distributed AI-generated explicit images depicting minors.