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A Springfield man has been sentenced to seven years in prison in a December 2013 stabbing death.Click to Continue »

An attorney for a former children's hospital director in central Illinois says she will plead guilty to at least one of several felony charges in an embezzlement case.Click to Continue »

A man who fled the U.S. following a fatal 2009 hit-and-run has appeared in court in Chicago after being extradited from Mexico.Click to Continue »

A convicted Tennessee sex offender accused of trying to lure an Illinois teenager into a sexual relationship has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.Click to Continue »

A federal jury has ordered two police officers to pay $80,000 in damages to a suburban Chicago man who accused them of searching his home without a warrant and illegally…Click to Continue »

A judge has ruled against the Outlaws Motorcycle Club in its attempt to reclaim vests and patches seized following a northern Illinois bar brawl.Click to Continue »

Sean Like can only smile as Petey, a white mixed-breed dog with black spots his face, wags his tail and squirms beside him.Click to Continue »

University of Kansas architecture students have transformed a blighted camping vehicle into a classroom on wheels.Click to Continue »

Seizing on Illinois' budget crisis as a political opportunity, Republican businessman-turned-governor Bruce Rauner is trying to broker a master deal to advance his pro-business priorities through the Legislature in exchange…Click to Continue »

It was one of the worst abuses of public trust in Illinois' corruption-rich history, and now a former bookkeeper's theft of nearly $54 million from the city of Dixon is…Click to Continue »