A Livingston County man convicted in two separate child sex abuse cases is entitled to a new trial in one of them because he was improperly shackled during the proceedings, an appellate court has ruled. 

Former state senator and gubernatorial candidate William "Sam" McCann is set to appear before a U.S. District Court judge on Monday, nearly three years after his indictment on alleged misuse of campaign funds, money laundering, and tax evasion.

In the 40 years Kate Schumacher has worked as a real estate agent, homebuyers have rarely compensated her directly. Instead, the seller has picked up the tab. Yet, this year, the Baird & Warner agent based in Algonquin said she has already had two deals close where the seller did not cover all of her compensation: 2.5% of the selling price of the house.

A small law firm didn’t have standing to file a class action lawsuit on behalf of all U.S. firms against “robot lawyer” DoNotPay for the unauthorized practice of law, a federal judge in Illinois has ruled.

A Bloomington man has spent the last 25 years in prison for a crime he maintains he did not commit.

Prosecutors called Shoukat Dhanani to the witness stand and played secretly recorded calls as they began showing jurors evidence of a second scheme outlined in Burke’s 2019 indictment.