The Will County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that the man was in custody Sunday and is charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, hate crimes and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.
Bill named for Chicago domestic violence victim allegedly shot and killed by husband this summer.
Shots were reportedly fired in the Champaign Campustown area late Monday night.
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CHAMPAIGN — Local activists are urging the Champaign County Board to lower the costs of phone calls at the Champaign County Jail. Tamika Davis, who spent six months in the county jail, said the high prices of phone calls made it difficult to communicate with her children and her lawyer. “How am I in…
Hearings have been longer, more deliberative – resembling federal detention proceedings.
People who owned banned weapons before new law must apply for FOID endorsement.
It’s been two years since the Pretrial Fairness Act was passed, but questions remain on who will be jailed and who will not.
A law abolishing cash bail will take effect in Illinois on Sept. 18. The change makes Illinois the first state to eliminate the practice and a nationally watched testing ground for whether such a change can work.
Public defenders, while supportive of reform, anticipate major workload increases.
Secretary of state’s office will hold hearing later this month.
Authorities say one man was killed and seven people were wounded in three separate shootings hours apart in Peoria.
Palmeter had legally purchased his guns in recent months, even though he underwent a required mental health examination in 2017. Palmeter killed himself after shooting his three victims.
Unlike his bookings for three other batches of charges, this one yielded a historic first: the mug shot of a former American president, scowling at the camera.
Tim Mapes was charged with lying to grand jury investigating Madigan and his inner circle.