Disparately resourced public defenders prepare for the end of cash bail in Illinois
Public defenders, while supportive of reform, anticipate major workload increases.
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Former trooper seeks restoration of driving privileges nearly 16 years after fatal crash
Secretary of state’s office will hold hearing later this month.
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5 people shot and wounded, 2 critically, in Illinois city, as gun violence cancels school events
Authorities say one man was killed and seven people were wounded in three separate shootings hours apart in Peoria.
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Sheriff provides the first details of how a white man fatally shot 3 Black people at a Florida store
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.
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Mug shot of Donald Trump shows scowling former president during speedy booking at Atlanta jail
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.
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Jury convicts Madigan’s longtime chief of staff on perjury, obstruction of justice charges
Tim Mapes was charged with lying to grand jury investigating Madigan and his inner circle.
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Jurors to decide whether ex-Madigan aide had memory lapse or chose ‘loyalty over truth’
Deliberations begin in obstruction of justice and perjury trial of Tim Mapes.
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Secretary of State condemns rash of bomb threats at libraries
The Secretary of State’s Office did not say how many threats have been received, or which libraries may have been targeted. News reports indicated some facilities received threats in the Chicago area.
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New Urbana police chief ready to address violent crime but says it will take the entire community’s help
Chief Boone has been a law enforcement professional for 33 years and retired as Chief of Police in Norfolk, Virginia before finding his way to Urbana.
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Trump, 18 allies indicted in Georgia over 2020 election meddling, the 4th criminal case against him
The grand jury heard from witnesses into the evening Monday in the election subversion investigation into Donald Trump. The long day of testimony was punctuated by the mysterious and brief appearance on a county website of a list of criminal charges against the former president that prosecutors later disavowed.
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Trump has been indicted in a fourth case. Here’s where all the investigations stand
The Fulton County investigation is the latest criminal case for Trump as he runs for the White House in 2024.
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A central Kansas police force sparked a firestorm by raiding a newspaper and the publisher’s home
Marion County Record Publisher and Editor Eric Meyer said police raided the newspaper’s office on Friday, seizing the newspaper’s computers, phones and file server and the personal cellphones of staff, based on a search warrant investigating alleged identity theft. Meyer is a former associate professor of journalism at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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Danville school board votes to add fourth police officer next year
The Danville School District 118 school board voted Wednesday to add the officer at South View Upper Elementary School.
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In perjury trial, Madigan’s ex-chief of staff will test limits of loyalty
Tim Mapes accused of lying to grand jury despite immunity order.
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Illinois to ban advertising for guns allegedly marketed to kids and militants
Attorney General Kwame Raoul would make Illinois the eighth state to allow lawsuits against firearms manufacturers or distributors. The plan is part of ongoing efforts by Democratic lawmakers who control the Statehouse to eliminate gun violence.
