SummaryDeliberations begin after 3 months of testimony and week-long closing arguments By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois ...

It was a well-known aphorism during former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s record 36 years in power that while ...

Jurors heard almost 150 secret recordings in Madigan’s trial, including phone calls with co-defendant Michael McClain and conversations with government mole Danny Solis.

Kash Patel has been nominated by President Trump to lead the FBI, pending Senate confirmation. Patel, who has a controversial ...

Michael Madigan’s defense team rested Thursday, nearly three months after opening statements and testimony began in the ...

It has now been over a decade since Rita Papakee was last seen alive on the Meskwaki Settlement on Jan. 16, 2015. Her case has drawn attention both locally and across the country, and law enforcement ...

Big changes are coming to a historic downtown building that has stood vacant for years. The plan is to convert the former One AT&T Center into a mixed-use development and, hopefully, have as many as ...

A Harris County resident and a former Fort Moore contractor were both sentenced in separate child sexual abuse cases on Tuesday. One man on charges relating to meeting a ...

Defense attorney Patrick Cotter made the comment in the midst of his nearly five-hour closing argument Tuesday in the ...

The Trump administration’s weekend immigration sweeps that included nearly 1,000 arrests and have chilled many immigrant ...

A lawyer for former House Speaker Michael Madigan is scheduled to continue his final pitch to the jury Monday by attacking ...