Some of the similarities in the cases brought against Sean “Diddy” Combs this week and Robert Sylvester Kelly several years ago are evident at a glance: Both are world famous, powerful and influential ...

A federal judge has ordered the owner and operator of four Chicago-area We Wash Hand Wash and Car Detail Centers, including ...

While the bench trial for Illinois’ gun and magazine ban is over, the reverberations could impact a separate lawsuit against banning firearm silencers. Litigants in the trial that wrapped up Thursday ...

A murder trial in the death of a Winfield nurse is scheduled to start Oct. 28. Raju Rawal, 67, of Merrillville, is charged with murder in the Feb. 23, 2023, death of Haley Losinski, 36. He appeared in ...

According to a complex funding formula to be laid out in the bill, colleges and universities in the Prairie State would receive $6,000 for every black or American Indian student enrolled. Hispanics ...

In suburban Cook County, a large percentage of applicants have received permits even though Sheriff Tom Dart objected for ...

One year after Illinois passed sweeping criminal justice reforms – and communities aren’t seeing the big spikes in crime ...

Law enforcement officers in Illinois cannot rely on the smell of burnt cannabis alone to justify searching a vehicle without a warrant, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled on Thursday. The decision was ...

A recent Illinois Supreme Court ruling tightening the rules around what constitutes bribery, and that may have played a role ...

The Illinois State Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the smell of burnt cannabis alone is not enough to support a warrantless search of a vehicle.

A trial over the constitutionality of Illinois’ ban on certain high-powered firearms ended this week after four days of ...

A 26-year-old East St. Louis man faces multiple felony charges for allegedly stealing over $500 from gaming machines at Love’s Truck Stop in Hamel.