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A memorial for 8-year-old Leland Arnett pictured in front of the trailer where the family lived on Hickory Street in DeSoto. (Photo by Brayden Guy, Daily Egyptian)
Crime
3 weeks ago
Prosecutors: Man charged with killing 8-year-old DeSoto boy tried to hire inmate to kill boy’s mother

A DCFS caseworker spoke with the boy’s mother just hours before authorities say she and her son were brutally beaten with a softball bat on May 13.

Blue police barrier with white stencil text: 'POLICE LINE - DO NOT CROSS' and 'CHICAGO POLICE DEPT'; police cars in background indicating a crime scene or checkpoint.
Crime
3 weeks ago
Police say woman fatally stabbed 7-year-old girl walking in Chicago

The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the child as Edi Mari Hernandez Chacon. She died at a hospital.

An inmate stands before a judge.
Local
3 weeks ago
UIS Illinois Innocence Project marks 25 years of work on wrongful convictions

The project works with undergraduate students at UIS, who receive training in evaluating potential wrongful-conviction cases and present their findings to the legal team. A wrongful-conviction course is also offered every semester at UIS.

A screen shot of the dash camera video of Lt. Andrew Henton's squad car before it hit a pedestrian September 24, 2026.
Local
3 weeks ago
Video appears to support cop’s failure-to-yield accident

A pedestrian’s injuries are believed to be non-life-threatening.

Six 1-ounce and 20 100-gram gold bars valued at just over $318,000 pictured before the victim packaged them at the direction of “Kevin Jones” and handed them over in the Marion Walmart parking lot. (Capitol News Illinois illustration; Homeland Security Investigations affidavit filed in federal court, Photo by Soph Levinson, Saluki Local Reporting Lab)
Crime
3 weeks ago
Marion woman duped out of $318K in elaborate gold-bar scheme

The scammers planned for a second $272K drop, telling her to hand over the gold to a federal agent who would give the code word ‘poker queen.’ This time, she called their bluff.

The Crime of the Week talks about protecting yourself from vehicle-related thefts.
Local
3 weeks ago
Crime of the Week: Prevent your vehicle from being burglarized

Three key tips to prevent motor vehicle-related thefts.

The Illinois Supreme Court is pictured in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Local
3 weeks ago
IL Supreme Court reviewing whether home confinement, electronic monitoring pretrial counts for sentence credit

Randall Stafford claims he should’ve received 629 days of credit against his prison sentence.

Roy Adams
Local
3 weeks ago
Man arrested after deadly weekend crash in Springfield

Roy Adams was denied pretrial release during his first court appearance Monday.

A police document shows a Choate Mental Health and Development patient’s statement regarding abuse by a facility employee. (Capitol News Illinois illustration. Highlight added to police documents)
IL State News
3 weeks ago
Abuse was caught on camera at Choate Developmental Center. The prosecutor offered plea deals

Weeks later, he files a federal lawsuit to prevent cuts at the state-run facility.