This story is a collaboration between Illinois Answers and the Chicago bureau of MindSite News. Bloomington native Shayla Woodworth had struggled with mental illness and addiction since she was a teen ...

The fatal shooting of a Chicago police officer stirs debate over Illinois' SAFE-T Act.

A restaurant executive arrested by an Illinois State Police trooper on DUI charges told the ABC 7 I-Team when he discovered ...

The Democratic Cook County Board of Review commissioner lashed out at prosecutors after a judge this week ruled she was “not guilty” in a DUI case.

A Bolingbrook man has been sentenced to 12½ years in state prison after a jury recently found him guilty of drug-induced homicide in connection with the death of an Aurora man, the Kane County State’s ...

Sami Mdanat, 18, charged with the murder of Ayed Mdanat, 50, was scheduled to appear Thursday at the Bridgeview Courthouse ...

A local sex offender reportedly causing a disturbance Tuesday in the lobby of the Hot Springs Police Department was soon ...

"At all times alleged, minor Sally Doe had a constitutional right to be free from excessive force, unlawful seizure, arrest and detention," attorney Kathleen Neary said in the lawsuit.