Attorneys and former detainees are calling for the closure of the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center, alleging ...

County officials in Springfield, Illinois, have agreed to pay $10 million to the family of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman shot and killed in her home last summer by a sheriff’s deputy ...

Dozens more victims have come forward claiming they were sexually assaulted while in juvenile correction centers run by the ...

Massey, 36, was shot and killed by a Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy in her home near Springfield on July 6, 2024.

An Illinois judge has ruled the state’s Firearm Owner’s Identification law is unconstitutional when used against someone who ...

A Roscoe man has been charged with 12 counts of possession of child pornography after an investigation by Winnebago County ...

The jury in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's corruption trial told the judge Wednesday that they were ...

A teenager and a 68-year-old woman died in a head-on collision in Pike County, according to Illinois State Police. And a man ...

Cannabis tax revenue has become a steady funding source for counties across Southern Illinois. Williamson and Jackson County ...

New lawsuits surrounding sex abuse at Illinois juvenile facilities include more than 130 people, with allegations dating back to the 90s.

Illinois man Mekyell Brown-Champion was arrested after a car chase on I-65 starting from a reported robbery in Scott County, ...

More people are coming forward with allegations of sexual abuse inside Illinois' juvenile detention system, adding to hundreds of lawsuits already filed.