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ELKTON — A man caught at his then-Elkton residence with guns that he is prohibited from possessing because of his criminal record is facing up to 15 years in prison

It took a Champaign County jury less than an hour to find Oshae Cotton, 26, guilty on charges of being an armed habitual criminal and aggravated fleeing and eluding police.

Jabez M. Gill, 22, for whom no address is listed, was charged with armed robbery and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon in a vehicle.

John Milhiser has been unanimously approved by the Sangamon County Board to serve as Sangamon County State's Attorney.Milhiser will replace the current State's

ELKTON — A man is facing more than 60 years in sentences after accepting plea deals in two criminal cases in which he stood accused of distributing heroin, methamphetamine and

Marni Yang’s attorney says he remains confident his client will eventually be cleared of murder, but remains uncertain what new evidence will be allowed in to a future hearing to prove that. Yang’s conviction for the 2007 murder of Rhoni Reuter, the pregnant girlfriend of former Chicago Bears player Shaun Gayle, has made headlines for decades. During her trial, prosecutors argued it was a ...

Marni Yang appeared in a Lake County courtroom Monday for the first time in more than 12 years as part of her effort to secure a new trial. Yang is serving two life sentences for the murder of Rhoni Reuter, the pregnant girlfriend of former Chicago Bear Shaun Gayle.

State’s Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced that following a two-day bench trial, Davon Natrell Stewart, 22, was convicted of sexual abuse of a minor.

A jury deliberated for approximately four-and-a-half hours before finding 21-year-old Brandon Trumann guilty of three charges and acquitting him of three others for his involvement in a June 26, 2022

ELKTON — A woman who stabbed her father in the throat — causing his death one day later — and her adult sister in the chest, shoulder and side inside