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Michael Sharpe, the 71-year-old former Hartford charter school CEO who was convicted of kidnapping four women who were attacked in their homes in the 1980s, was sentenced to life in prison on Monday.

A man from suburban Aurora has pleaded guilty to attacking a person with a hammer in their home in 2021.

A jury convicted Brandon Whiteman of second-degree murder in the stabbing death of Dalton Rose.

Rafael Harvey, 17, was charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, attempted vehicular hijacking and other felonies after a shooting that left one man dead and another injured outside a Citgo gas station Tuesday.

An Aurora man could be sentenced to life in prison for a shooting that led to a police chase that ended in a fatal crash.

A convicted sex offender who identifies as an intersex woman but is housed at a men’s prison requested on Wednesday that she serve her newest prison sentence at the state’s only woman’s prison. Brand...

An Illinois father was charged with aggravated battery after reportedly hitting his sons head so hard it resulted in a skull fracture.

The injuries indicated someone had struck the child on both sides of his head. The case is being prosecuted in Peoria County

States Attorney Nichole Kroncke and Assistant States Attorney Jay Scott have announced plans to leave the office Jan. 31.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul on Friday notified the state Supreme Court that he will appeal a Kankakee County judges ruling that eliminating cash bail for criminal defendants is unconstitutional.