Records identify Edgar Delgado-Arroyo as the off-duty officer involved in a shooting this weekend that wounded one person and damaged buildings. Delgado-Arroyo has been a cop for less than three years...

A man convicted in a fatal DUI crash is asking the Illinois Supreme Court to review his case, arguing that cannabis test results used in his prosecution came from a UIC laboratory whose testing practi...

CHICAGO — The Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office (CCSAO) announced that they’re expanding deferred prosecution to misdemeanor cases. According to the office, they will refer &#…

Asylum was historically hard to obtain but since Trump returned to office, a shake-up at immigration courts in Chicago and across the country has put judges under pressure to deny asylum petitions.

The Illinois Supreme Court is currently debating whether people on home confinement and electronic monitoring pretrial should receive credits toward their prison sentence.

Winnebago County prosecutors were informed of serious problems at the lab in 2024. They called Bash to testify in a pair of driving-while-high cases anyway.

During a hearing Monday ahead of his killer’s sentencing, Cook County Judge Raymond Myles’ closest relatives remembered him as a loving, attentive father and a diligent jurist “with a servant’s heart”...

Carol Stream police were in the middle of a traffic stop Thursday morning when federal immigration agents arrived and told them they planned to arrest the woman they’d just pulled over, per a news rel...

A federal jury acquitted Grammy-winning Chicago rapper Lil Durk in a murder-for-hire trial that has drawn celebrities, fans and content creators to a downtown Los Angeles courthouse.

Judge John F. Lyke Jr. had ordered the deputies to remove the defendant's handcuffs so he could hug his family. The sheriff's office defended the deputies' actions, saying Lyke's "disrespectful and in...

There is an old saying, and the Nakia Smith case again proves it true: You are better off being guilty and rich than poor and innocent.

The law classifies some speedy electric bikes and scooters as motor vehicles starting Jan. 1 and subject their operators to the state’s drunken driving laws.

After a four-day trial, Michael Cover, the Rockford man whose case led Whiteside County to halt criminal jury trials, was found not guilty of felony aggravated battery to a peace officer but guilty of...

Illinois prosecutors shared defendants’ personal data with federal immigration agents without criminal warrants, public disclosure, or legislative oversight.

Police in Skokie will be looking out for impaired drivers in the days leading up to Labor Day.

Former clients of a self-proclaimed "miracle lawyer" say they now fear deportation after allegations their immigration cases were mishandled.

U.S. District Judge April Perry is expected to rule on whether to impose sanctions and appoint a special counsel in the tainted case. It's the latest high-stakes moment for Perry, who previously shot ...

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. — A Northwest Indiana judge has been charged after allegedly driving intoxicated on Saturday night. He reportedly oversees a court that handles alcohol-related cases. Christophe…

August 1, 1932 – August 6, 2026 Fred H. Bartlit Jr., a devoted father and husband, an accomplished lawyer known as a titan of the bar, an inspirational leader, and a mentor and valued friend to many...

When prosecutors might have political or personal ties to a defendant, the state brings in this elite squad of government attorneys. But the unit has seen big trials collapse as it handled thousands o...

The agency housing the elite Special Prosecution Unit is deeply entangled in Illinois politics and got a legislative ally to write it out of the state’s public records law.

The County said that if your case was scheduled for Thursday, it will be rescheduled for Sept. 10.

Will County Deputy Steven Potete was recognized by the Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorsts for making 122 DUI arrests in 2025.

Former Cook County Chief Judge Tim Evans has been appointed to serve as a justice for an Illinois appeals court, securing a prestigious judgeship nearly a year after he was unseated as the top Cook Co...

Federal authorities sent Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart subpoenas for inmates wanted for civil immigration enforcement along with letters that threatened criminal charges if the office didn’t turn over ...

A new Illinois law will allow a judge to decide pet custody disputes between two people who decide to split up, but share a pet together.

The Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice concluded “accused people were jailed in 74% of cases where a prosecutor petitioned to detain them" between May and June 2025.

New “mega master” hearings that began in Chicago in May are calling as many as 185 immigrants to a single small courtroom. Many immigrants, fearful and unable to find a lawyer on short notice, are mis...

The presence of immigration agents around Cook County courthouses remains stubbornly persistent.

The standardized field sobriety tests used by law enforcement agencies across the country to investigate suspected drunk drivers are not accurate enough to be used as evidence in court, and may be res...

ICE agents arrested a man at the Bridgeview courthouse Wednesday, and told sheriffs they had a warrant but didn't present one. State law signed in December bars federal agents from detaining people wi...

Antoine Larry of the Phoenix Police Department was found to have conspired with another officer to solicit cash and drugs from people during traffic stops.

Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias championed the measure to add smart glasses to the list of prohibited electronics to crack down on distracted driving.

One person has died in the 10 a.m. incident Thursday in the westbound lanes of I-290 near Mannheim Road, the Cook County medical examiner's office and police said.

The bill awaiting Gov. JB Pritzker's signature would classify e-devices that travel over 28mph as motor vehicles starting Jan 1, 2027 and subject those riders to the state's drunk driving laws.

Officer David Ross was on medical leave, purportedly recovering from a knee injury sustained during an on-duty crash, when he took the exam in 2023 — successfully climbing onto a horse, lifting five b...

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Jose F. Perez Marin, 21, faces three charges of felony aggravated DUI with enhancements because a person was killed and because he didn’t have a valid license at the time of the accident, police said.

Mangione has been charged in the brazen 2024 murder of a healthcare executive.

A federal judge wrote that such rejections had been “virtually unheard of” in Chicago “until Operation Midway Blitz

Illinois lawmakers are mulling legislation that would require chronic speeders to install speed-limiting devices on their vehicles.

A restaurant executive arrested by an Illinois State Police trooper on DUI charges told the ABC 7 I-Team when he discovered his MacBook was missing from his car, he tracked it to the house of the troo...

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