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A woman accused of helping her mother kill a pregnant teen and cut the baby out of her womb on Monday pleaded guilty to murder in the case that drew international attention for its brutal and bizarre details. Desiree Figueroa, 29, was charged along with her mother, Clarisa, of murder and other felonies in connection with the strangling of 19-year-old Marlen Ochoa-Lopez. Clarisa Figueroa is ...

The McSwiggin murder was the kind of story that editors once thought sold newspapers. The Tribune laid out the initial facts in a front-page story on April 28, 1926: “William H. McSwiggin, youthful assistant state’s attorney, who was known as the ‘hanging prosecutor’ because of his success in the conduct of murder trials, was shot to death last night when a machine gunner in a curtained ...

Champaign woman gets 30 months probation for paralyzing another in 2020 DUI accident

The owner of a Mitchell business, which was raided by several law enforcement agencies last month, pleaded not guilty to DUI charges on Thursday. 44-year-old Cory Cumings appeared in Davison

A 37-year-old Decatur man is facing a new burglary charge after police said stolen car keys were located in a vehicle he was occupying off of I-55 in Bloomington.