She was charged with official misconduct for waiving some city license fees under a COVID-era plan passed by the Waukegan City Council.

Illinois legalized marijuana and created pathways to clear records, but many face long delays getting their criminal ...

Statewide data, however, suggest that most people don’t follow through. According to the Paper Prisons Initiative, a legal research group, an estimated 2.2 million people in Illinois were eligible for ...

Illinois House Minority Leader Tony McCombie says the change would boost transparency, letting residents watch committee proceedings after the fact and shining more light on late-night budget debates.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Author and journalist Garrett Graff once called Border Patrol the “Green Monster, ”America’s most “out-of-control law enforcement ...

Author and journalist Garrett Graff once called Border Patrol the “Green Monster,” “America’s most out-of-control law enforcement agency.” On Friday, he testified that Border Patrol has only grown ...

The administrative leader of Lutheran churches in more than 50 central Illinois counties remained jailed Thursday following his arrest on one count of producing child pornography. The Rev. Michael W.

Our sister station, WCIA’s reporters, provided WMBD with live updates from inside the courtroom. UPDATE: (10:11 a.m.) — “Yes” cheers erupted throughout the courtroom from the Massey family as Circuit ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A public hearing opened Tuesday to make clear what factors played the biggest role in a midair collision that killed 67 people a year ago near Washington, D.C., and the National ...

Illinois In Focus Daily | Tuesday Sept. 23rd, 2025 Greg Bishop, Illinois editor for The Center Square, hosts Illinois In Focus Daily, a review of some of the top Illinois headlines with timely and ...