SPRINGFIELD – Catholic dioceses in Illinois failed to disclose hundreds of abusive clerics before the state opened what would become a yearslong investigation into sex abuse within…
SPRINGFIELD – A man charged last month with molesting a child had been receiving a paycheck from the state for more than a year while on administrative leave during a multi-agency…
An Alton man has been sentenced to more than 33 years in federal prison and a lifetime term of supervised release for live-streaming the sexual abuse of a child. Travis Varble, 42,…
Chicago R&B singer R. Kelly is free from jail after posting a $100,000 bond Monday, Feb. 25. Kelly has been charged with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse involving…
Morgan Aranda simply knew that the selective-enrollment Walter Payton College Prep on Chicago’s North Side was the right school for her. She entered the highly-touted school as a…
SPRINGFIELD — Some Democratic lawmakers want to repeal an abortion law that requires girls under the age of 18 who are seeking an abortion to notify their parents at least 48 hours…
The youth pastor of an East Peoria area Baptist church could spend a decade behind bars for sexually assaulting a teen church member over a four-year span. Jacob Coyle, formerly the…
The youth pastor of a long-standing East Peoria Baptist church was jailed on allegations of sexually assaulting a teen church member. Averyville Baptist Church youth minister, Jacob…
Chicago teen charged in fatal ...A 19-year-old Chicago man has been charged in connection with a fatal ...
McHenry man charged with residential ...A McHenry man was charged with three felonies and two misdemeanors involving ...
Government, defense spar as child ...With the criminal trial of Elburn veterinarian Adam Stafford King fast approaching ...
Chicago woman charged with killing ...A Chicago woman is being held in Cook County Jail in connection ...
