Megan Valentine, accused of killing husband Michael Valentine, makes her first court appearance on the same day of his visitation. Megan Valentine was formally charged with the murder of the Edwards ...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is adamant the state must appeal a federal judge’s ruling that its gun and magazine ban is ...

Republicans confirmed judges during the final weeks of Donald Trump’s first term. But the president-elect says Democrats ...

Former assistant U.S. attorney April M. Perry will join the federal trial bench in Chicago following the U.S. Senate’s confirmation Tuesday of her nomination as a federal judge.

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — A federal judge got a promotion from a magistrate to full district court judge on Wednesday. U.S. Sens.

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and an ally are on trial for a racketeering conspiracy. Madigan is accused of ...

In August, Judge Mary M. Rowland dismissed nearly 200 plaintiffs ... that is pending in the Northern District Court of ...

Rep. Dan Caulkins is calling on Gov. JB Pritzker to stop appealing rulings on the state's assault weapons ban.

Senate Democrats are racing against the clock to confirm as many of President Biden's judicial nominees as possible before ...

A panel of federal judges is weighing whether to overturn a Cook County ban on semiautomatic weapons in a case that could ...

Perry was nominated by the Democratic president to serve as a U.S. district court judge in Illinois. The U.S. Constitution ...

Yes, the judge and prosecutors responded ... After his arrest at a relative’s home in Cook County, Illinois, he talked about the case on jail calls. In one, Cervantes claimed the victim Rajesh ...