Chris Pratt said the difference between being a fry cook at Elder’s Restaurant or being an attorney in the Adams County Public Defender’s Office was a “culture shock.” However, he also said both positions were remarkably similar.

Justice Lisa Holder White and the Illinois Supreme Court have announced the assignment of Seventh Circuit Judge Raylene DeWitte Grischow to the Fourth District Appellate Court. 

Quincy has had its share of important legal cases. Among the most famous are the Dr. Richard Eells case of 1843 and 1852 and the Pfanschmidt murder case of 1914.

As a prosecutor addressed members of the media Thursday after the sentencing of 5-year-old AJ Freund’s former child protection investigator, employees of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services voiced their frustration.

The leader of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation says he believes Illinois lawmakers will eventually pass a bill granting the tribe the title to a 1,500-acre park in DeKalb County, but it may take a few more months.

The legislature is ready to send a bill to Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker that removes the mandate that the Department of Children and Family Services must report newborn babies’ positive toxicology screens to law enforcement. 

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission voted 3-2 in April to ban noncompete agreements for most American companies, and the news is making waves in the legal arena.

Another county coroner is speaking out about allegations against a funeral home director accused of giving at least 80 families the wrong human remains.