SPRINGFIELD – Illinois lawmakers have advanced a bill that would effectively abolish life sentences for any incarcerated individual who was under the age of 21 when they received…
SPRINGFIELD — The state Senate Criminal Law Committee and Special Committee on Public Safety held a joint hearing Tuesday, Oct. 13 calling on experts to provide evidence-based recommendations…
Juvenile justice advocates across the state have been working on an initiative for over a year to restrict the use of shackles around the wrists and ankles of youths appearing before…
A 10-year Cook County correctional officer has been charged with beating an inmate. Miguel Ortiz, 44, was charged with official misconduct in connection with the incident that prosecutors…
Lester Davidson, 69, of Chicago, had already served six terms in a state penitentiary — five for drug possession and one for burglary — in April, 2014, when he was arrested…
Pastor in Mount Prospect, Barrington ...The Rev. Bernard Pietrzak, priest of the archdiocese of Chicago and pastor ...
Notorious West Side Chicago drug ...“I know I ain’t going to be around forever. You dig what ...
The Christkindlmarket comes to town ...Christkindlmarket Naperville is open until Christmas Eve on Saturday, Dec. 24. The ...
Central Market unveiled at MidwayMidway Airport’s Central Market has been reopened, completing the Midway Modernization Program ...
