By Alexandra E. Petri A federal jury in Chicago awarded $120 million on Monday to two Illinois men who spent more than 16 years behind bars for a 2003 murder they did not commit. John Fulton and ...

An Illinois man wanted in the fatal ... NBC News reports. Romeo Nance, 23, was the subject of a nationwide manhunt Monday after eight people were killed at three locations in the Joliet area since ...

Marlene F. Nance (nee Toberman), age 90, beloved wife of the late John J. Nance; loving mother of Jack Nance, Tim (Janet) Nance, Jill (Bob) Janecyk, Dan Nance and Jane (Charlie) Chappetto ...

EVANSVILLE — Officials released the name of a man whose Wednesday death inside his East Illinois Street home sparked a homicide investigation. Chief Deputy Coroner Amy Miller, writing in a news ...

The people of Illinois have spoken, and they overwhelmingly favor retaining the current state flag. Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias has announced the results of the state flag ...

An Illinois man pleaded guilty Monday to killing ... a stunning development moments before opening statements in his trial on murder and attempted murder charges. Appearing in a Lake County ...

Illinois, agreed to flip his plea to guilty in court on Monday. Robert Crimo III, 24, faces 21 counts of first-degree murder – three counts for each person killed – as well as 48 counts of ...

A Lakemoor man was charged with several felonies after allegedly shooting and killing his son Sunday and leaving the scene before his arrest, authorities said. Canada retaliates after Trump ...

A jury found an Illinois landlord guilty of murder and hate crime charges on Friday for the brutal killing of a 6-year-old whose mother rented rooms in the man’s home, an attack that spiked fears over ...

JOLIET: A jury found an Illinois landlord guilty of murder and hate crime charges Friday for the brutal killing of a 6-year-old whose mother rented rooms in the man's home, an attack that spiked ...