SPRINGFIELD — On April 26, Union County State’s Attorney Tyler Edmonds joined other representatives of law enforcement agencies across the state in Springfield to reject further cuts of Illinois’ state preschool programs.

SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission on Wednesday heard former ... counts of reckless homicide and two counts of reckless driving. Assistant Attorney General Greg Riddle told the nine commissioners and commission Chairman ...

An Aledo man no longer will ... also a Class A misdemeanor. The offenses happened last fall. Mercer County State's Attorney Greg McHugh said the case was turned over to the Illinois State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office in Springfield ...

“Reading JULI WEINER’s article took me back to Springfield, Illinois, where I was part of a group of politically involved women — legislators, lobbyists, policy experts, labor leaders ... Greene County State’s Attorney MATT GOETTEN to get ...

SPRINGFIELD – State prison officials have put the Menard Correctional Center on lockdown after an outbreak of violence within the maximum-security facility. An Illinois Department of Corrections spokeswoman said a guard had to fire a warning ...

In Illinois the men would have to pay 10% of those amounts to be freed. Prosecutors say Senakiewicz allegedly said he could blow up a downtown Chicago bridge. They say Neiweem wanted to build a pipe bomb. Both men appeared in a Chicago court on Sunday.

“They are not asking the courts to endorse the plaintiffs’ religious ... Bob Gilligan, executive director of the Catholic Conference of Illinois, said Joliet and Springfield could be only the first wave of lawsuits from Catholic entities ...

A Cook County judge set bail at $75,000 ... He was sentenced to six years in the Illinois Department of Corrections following a 1992 conviction on charges of criminal drug conspiracy and on a 1992 conviction for aggravated battery.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A federal appeals court is backing Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn over pay raises his administration canceled for thousands of union workers. A U.S. District Court dismissed an effort by the American Federation of State, County and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Senate has confirmed a new federal judge for the state of Illinois. John "Jay" Tharp will fill a judicial vacancy in the Northern District of Illinois. The former captain in the Marines has worked in the U.S. attorney's office ...

Kim said a member of the Illinois State Police Methamphetamine Response Team said ... He said Powell accepted responsibility in a letter to the court and that more than 8,000 grams of fluid found in the storage locker contained at the most ...

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal appeals court in Chicago granted a preliminary injunction Tuesday blocking enforcement of Illinois’ eavesdropping law in cases where someone is recording a police officer.  The decision is a victory for activists who had ...

In a separate decision late last month, the city of Chicago's chief legal officer said police did not intend to enforce the law during the May 20-21 summit, but Cook County State's Attorney Anita ... brought by the American Civil Liberties Union seeking ...

SPRINGFIELD — In 2002, after more than two decades in the trenches as a teacher within the state prison system, Jim Dooley took the state up on an offer to retire early.

The two Illinois dioceses and the Catholic Charities groups in Joliet and Springfield filed their lawsuit Monday in federal court in Chicago. Other lawsuits were filed around the country Monday. Bishop Thomas John Paprocki of the Diocese of ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - An Illinois law against recording conversations has been ruled unconstitutional for the second time in a year. The law makes it a felony to record conversations without the consent of everyone involved. Even recording public officials in public places can be illegal.