A former deputy who was on the scene the night Sonya Massey was killed has been charged in her death July 6. The Sangamon County State's Attorney John Milhiser said Wednesday Deputy Sean Grayson discharged his firearm inside Massey's home, striking her. He added the review of the case "does not support a finding that (Grayson) was justified in his use of deadly force."

A group of survivors and relatives of those wounded or killed in the Highland Park parade shooting has accused the Illinois State Police of negligence in a lawsuit, claiming the agency allowed shooting suspect Robert Crimo III to obtain a gun.

Northwestern University has charged four people involved in the school’s pro-Palestinian encampment protest with misdemeanors more than two months after the protest ended.

A Crystal Lake man was found guilty Tuesday of battery against his 4-year-old foster child, whose ears he was accused of pulling on and bruising. 

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued notice that it has adopted modifications to Circuit Rules 31, 34, 40, 47, and 60.

Lawyers for Michael Madigan have asked a federal judge to dismiss 14 criminal counts against the former Illinois House speaker, arguing they have been “upended” by a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in an Indiana corruption case.

The appellate attorneys for the people of the state of Illinois in the appeal case for convicted murderer Tim Bliefnick have filed a response brief in the Office of State Appellate Defender, Fourth District, arguing that a new trial is unnecessary.

Judge Tad Brenner issued a contempt citation against an Illinois state agency on Tuesday, one of two cases bringing into question the response from the state in Adams County cases.

A woman convicted of killing a toddler in one of Lake County’s most controversial murder cases has gone before a review board for a clemency hearing in a bid to be granted release.