12/11/2024

Incarceration

Top Story Kankakee man released from prison; charges dropped by state’s attorney in 2006 case

Daily Journal

12/11/2024

Immigration

Gov. JB Pritzker promises to protect immigrants, but says those convicted of violent crimes need to go

Chicago Tribune

12/11/2024

Chicago Police

Family awarded nearly $80 million in suit against the city over police chase crash that killed their 10-year-old girl

Chicago Sun-Times

12/11/2024

Youth

Porter County’s Juvenile Detention Center getting new SUV for transporting kids to appointments

Post-Tribune

12/11/2024

State and National Policing

Officer was justified in shooting that killed Peoria man in July, state’s attorney says

Journal-Star

12/10/2024

Chicago Police

‘Hero’ cop from scene of Officer Ella French shooting faces firing

Chicago Tribune

12/10/2024

Chicago Police

Chicago’s Compliance With Consent Decree ‘Unsatisfying’: Federal Judge

WTTW

12/10/2024

Youth

Murder conviction for Springfield teen reversed and vacated

WAND

12/10/2024

Incarceration

Amid Concerns Over Paper, Illinois Prisons Would Be Able to Electronically Scan Mail Under New Contract

WTTW

12/10/2024

Pretrial Fairness Act/SAFE-T Act

Judge denies cocaine co-defendant pre-trial release in Monday hearing

Quad City Times

12/10/2024

State and National Policing

McLean County’s smaller communities embrace ‘a different way of policing’

WGLT

12/09/2024

State and National Policing

Supreme Court denies emergency motion to move Grayson pre-trial release hearing

The State Journal-Register

12/09/2024

Courts

Illinois law requires transparency when police kill people. Many cases stay in the dark

NPR Illinois

12/09/2024

Community Response

Chicago Police Oversight Board President: I’ve Been Pulled Over 5 Times in 2024 by CPD

WTTW

12/09/2024

Community Response

Funds for vacant Chicago police positions should go to youth and public health programs, organizers and alders say

The Triibe