Judges have provided further instruction to to the jury at the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael ...

Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen Burke has introduced a legislative proposal aimed at providing first-time, non-violent gun offenders with an opportunity to comply with gun licensing regulations.

Illinois joined the legal battle against the Trump administration Thursday as a federal judge temporarily blocked an order to ...

One 15-year-old Decatur boy helped lure another 15-year-old child to an abandoned Decatur building before stabbing him to ...

The body of James Earl Taylor was found near his bicycle; he had been shot in the back of the head.

Gregory Burns, 26, of Kankakee, was sentenced to 45 years in prison by Vermilion County Circuit Court Judge Mark Goodwin. Burns had been found guilty of murder for the death of Leslie Fisher, 20, of ...