Jan 30, 2025 · In the wake of Donald Trump’s sweeping pardons of individuals charged and/or convicted of crimes during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the nation’s Capitol, more than 50 Illinois citizens have benefitted to some degree. However, each individual’s criminal case is different, and some proved far luckier than others, particularly several …

Jan 2, 2025 · SPRINGFIELD — Changes that would make Illinois pension systems compliant with Social Security by improving benefits for government employees hired since 2011 could be on the table when lawmakers return to Springfield later in January. The General Assembly passed legislation in 2010 to create a second tier of state pension benefits in hopes of...

Jan 3, 2025 · Voters in Belleville will vote April 1 to elect a mayor, city clerk and alderpersons in two of eight wards. Belleville City Clerk Jennifer “Jenny” Gain will challenge first-term incumbent Mayor Patty Gregory. Gregory, 72, a retired school teacher who had never held office prior to defeating four-term mayoral incumbent Mark Eckert in 2021, is...

The April 1 race for Waukegan mayor will likely have four candidates on the ballot following a Waukegan Board of Elections ruling. On Dec 17, the Election Board overruled two sets of objections to nominating petitions filed by incumbent Mayor Ann Taylor that had conflicting home addresses. Among the arguments made by objectors Keith Turner,...

The Illinois State Police’s Division of Criminal Investigation Trafficking Enforcement Bureau arrested six men during a two-day human trafficking enforcement operation in the Rockford area. State Police conducted the operation in Winnebago County on Wednesday and Thursday. The operation focused on identifying individuals seeking to engage in …

Just minutes before reading her victim impact statement in her daughter’s fatal accident, Traci Palucci looked around a DuPage County courtroom. “This is basically humiliating. We are in traffic court,” said Palucci, lamenting the fact that the driver in the accident only faced a citation and not criminal charges. “This is my only chance to...

Nov 15, 2024 · True Value Co. has announced that it plans to layoff 873 workers in Chicago and two McHenry County locations, beginning next month. The hardware company has entered into an agreement to sell substantially all of its business operations to Do it Best Corp. , a home improvement industry peer. True Value has told the state’s...

Feb 1, 2025 · A Chicago man has been charged in connection with the murder of two teens in the Loop. Tommie Coleman, 22, a resident of the 800 block of East 101 st Street, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count each of first-degree attempted murder, aggravated discharge of a firearm into an occupied vehicle and unlawful use of a weapon by a felon.

Jan 30, 2025 · The clemency petition for Melissa Calusinski is now in the hands of Gov. J.B. Pritzker, for a determination, with no timeline regarding its disposition. The Illinois Prisoner Review Board forwarded its recommendation this month, and exceeded the 60-day period to do so, claiming a backlog of cases. Calusinski, 38, was convicted in the 2009 death...

Feb 2, 2025 · Two Chicago men have been charged in connection with the murder of a man Sunday on the Far North Side. Jefferson Ubilla-Delgado, 29, and Geiderwuin Bello Morales, 21, both residents of the 6100 block of North Northwest Highway, were each charged with murder and robbery of a victim over 60 years old. Ubilla-Delgado was arrested...