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Adam Corbin
Crime
5 months ago
Police: Man arrested for death of woman found in shed’s waste container

The relationship between Adam Corbin and Nancy Corbin isn’t clear.

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan leaves Chicago’s Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Feb. 12 after a jury convicted him on 10 corruption counts, including bribery. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
Crime
5 months ago
9 months after federal bribery conviction, former Speaker Madigan disbarred

Longtime Illinois Democratic power broker now in a West Virginia prison.

Rafael Hernandez, originally from Mexico, sells food from his family's food truck, Nov. 6, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
IL State News
5 months ago
A Chicago street vendor couple has a defiant response to immigration arrests: Stick to the routine

The couple says working not only pays the bills but helps avoid depression, making them stand out from others gripped by fear in Chicago’s immigrant communities.

This still image taken from Chicago Transit Authority surveillance footage and included in a federal court record shows a man who federal authorities identified as Lawrence Reed holding a flaming bottle and approaching a passenger, far left, on Monday, Nov. 17, 2025, on a Chicago Blue Line train. (Chicago Transit Authority/U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois via AP) Screenshot
Crime
5 months ago
Federal judge orders man held on federal terrorism charge in Chicago train attack

The attack Monday night on Chicago’s Blue Line L train has drawn national attention, primarily because the victim appeared to be targeted at random.

Crime
5 months ago
Woman found dead in waste container, investigation continues

Woman found dead in a shed, possibly for an extended period of time.

A screenshot of part of an ad touting the new Sangamon County Sheriff's Office mobile app.
Local
5 months ago
Crouch launches new app for Sheriff’s Department

“The Sheriff’s App” is available on Apple and Google Play.

Gov. JB Pritzker, lawmakers and immigration advocates discuss the federal government’s aggressive immigration enforcement campaign in his Springfield office on Oct. 30, 2025.
IL State News
5 months ago
Pritzker ramps up accountability panel focused on alleged ICE abuses

New appointments come as federal immigration raids ease in Chicago.

Sean Grayson
Crime
5 months ago
IL Supreme Court: Grayson conviction means pre-trial release ‘moot’

Supreme Court: Conviction trumps release appeal.

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