Terrell E. Porter of Alton was sentenced to five years for an unprovoked attack on a Hayner Public Library librarian.

A former Bushnell man and former U.S. Marine living in Ohio who had been convicted of storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was among thousands pardoned Monday by newly reelected President Donald ...

State's Attorney Eric Rinehart filed a joint petition with Marvin Williford's attorneys saying he deserves another trial because of new DNA evidence and police misconduct, but he told the judge he ...

Federal prosecutors on Tuesday began the process of formally dismissing cases against more than four dozen Illinoisans ...

The Nebraska State Patrol arrested an Illinois man after a pursuit on Interstate 80 in central Nebraska on Tuesday. At about 10:15 a.m., a trooper saw a BMW SUV headed east on I-80 near Kearney at ...

A jury convicted an Illinois man ... fire and said another man was charged. Late in the trial, after prosecutors rested their case, defense lawyer Benjamin Murphy told Judge Salvador Vasquez ...

Two Illinois men are identified, charged and in custody, records show. Shamar Fulwiley, 32, of Harvey, Illinois, and Johnnie Owens, of Markham, Illinois, are both charged with burglary, unlawful ...

Getty Images A man considered a person of interest in the killing of his girlfriend in November has now been charged, Illinois police said. Officers found 42-year-old Fatima Lizeth Escalante ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — An Indiana man who fled to avoid serving a nine-month prison sentence for storming the U.S. Capitol was arrested in Canada ... U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan in Washington ...