The changes sought by Ald. Ray Lopez would allow any city “agent or agency” to work with federal immigration officers if an individual granted protections under the ordinance has been arrested and accused of a variety of alleged offenses, including gang- and drug-related activities.

Angel Castilla pleaded guilty and was sentence to 15 months in prison for striking in Illinois State Police trooper two years ago in Will County.

A Peoria County Grand Jury on Tuesday indicted three people after several dogs were left alone on a boat in the Illinois River in July.

Many residents are concerned about the potential for a C02 pipeline that could run through Central Illinois. The Tazewell County State Attorney’s office has filed a petition to intervene with any construction.

The legal services sector lost 4,200 jobs in August, the second month of decline, according to seasonally adjusted and preliminary figures released Friday.

Jurors found Bernard Williams, 44, not guilty after only a few hours of deliberations in his retrial on murder and aggravated battery charges Thursday evening.

The Liberty Justice Center is suing Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul in St. Clair County Circuit Court, challenging a state law that requires all Illinois residents to file Constitutional claims against state laws, rules, or orders in Cook or Sangamon County Circuit Courts.

The Illinois Supreme Court is launching a committee to implement no-cash bail across the state.

In a ruling that maintains the status quo created by the Illinois Supreme Court’s holding in Cothron v. White Castle System, Inc., 2023 IL 128004, the Seventh Circuit recently affirmed the trial court’s ruling that certain of the defendant’s alleged violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), 740 ILCS 14/1 et seq., are not barred by the five-year statute of limitations.