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Southern Illinois woman sentenced to prison for 3-year-old stepson’s brain bleed death
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA 34-year-old Carlinville woman has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for her toddler stepson’s...
Sandra Brown beat the odds to get a college education while in prison. Now free, she seeks to make...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSandra Brown walked gingerly down a walkway to the side door of Decatur Correctional Center. She...
Illinois man charged in murder of DCFS worker from Springfield opts for bench trial
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe man accused of the murder of an Illinois Department of Children and Family Services worker in...
Springfield woman receives prison time for threatening Pritzker, DCFS employees
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 6 months agoA Springfield woman has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison on federal cyberstalking...
Man who claimed abuse by Burge detectives had sentence commuted, but a prosecutor now alleges...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoGerald Reed, a former Illinois inmate who alleged he was beaten by Chicago police detectives who...
Police framed 18-year-old and wrongly sent him to prison for 34 years, lawsuit says
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAn Illinois man says the Chicago Police Department manufactured evidence to frame him for a double...
Petition claims new evidence exonerates 3 suspects in 1996 murder case
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe Springfield-based Illinois Innocence Project is making claims that three members of a Decatur...
Belleville man is first of 3 suspects convicted and sentenced in Washington County murder
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe first of three suspects charged in connection with the 2023 shooting death of a man in...
The military ordered big steps to stop extremism. Two years later, it shows no results
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 11 months agoMore than two years ago, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin launched a sweeping initiative − triggered...
'Heartbreaking' trial in Peoria highlights failures of Illinois DCFS
Journal Star via Yahoo News· 6 months agoPEORIA – The father of Navin Jones, an 8-year-old boy who died of severe malnutrition and abuse in...