It took just 20 seconds for a traffic stop to turn into a fatal police shooting in Chicago late last month.

Terrence Shannon Jr. has dropped his lawsuit against the University of Illinois after the school chose to close its investigation of the basketball player. No disciplinary action has been taken.

Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie Mosser and Assistant State’s Attorney Greg Sams drafted a bill to make it harder for a person accused of committing a crime while under the influence of drugs or alcohol to use their voluntary intoxication as an affirmative defense.

A district judge in southern Illinois sentenced a Franklin County doctor to federal prison after he admitted to billing fraudulent insurance claims for profit.

The county’s Democratic Party will pick a temporary replacement for Yarbrough, who had more than two years left on her term.

Rock Island attorney Tionn Fambro Carter has been appointed an Associate Judge of the 14th Judicial Circuit of Illinois. She was appointed to the position by the Circuit Judges of the 14th Judicial Circuit, and will be the first Black woman to serve as a judge in the circuit.

The state’s attorney appeared astonished after an appeals court ordered a man, who they said is not a flight risk, released from jail after the man led officers on a police pursuit in Spring Grove.

At least 29,000 Springfield residents have had their personal voter information published this year, an analysis from The State Journal-Register found.