According to the Court Docket, Will County Board Member Jackie Traynere was charged (again) on August 18, 2025, with failure to yield right of way to pedestrian in crosswalk. Traynere is schedule to ...

Chicago – Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced that a former Jersey County Treasurer pleaded guilty to a felony theft charge after she knowingly obtained more than $50,000 in 2024 by deception ...

On September 19, 2025, the Illinois Supreme Court suspended the law license of Lauren B. McQueen, Assistant State’s Attorney for Edgar County. Ms. McQueen, who was licensed in 2019, was suspended for ...

Our first article on Dolson Township can be found at this link. After our Freedom of Information Act request was finally received, we received a letter from the ...

Earlier today, my office received information regarding allegations of official misconduct and bribery. Those allegations involve ...

Mike Marron, President/CEO of Vermilion Advantage, has submitted his resignation at a time when the Vermilion County State’s Attorney published a press ...

An Illinois State Police (ISP), investigation regarding a Department of Corrections officer’s actions against an inmate at Stateville Prison has resulted in criminal charges of aggravated battery ...

Nicholas Banning closes out his lawsuit with the second settlement, this one from ACH, the medical provider contracted by the Sheriff’s office for inmates at the jail. Getting a copy did not come ...

Apparently, Milton Township thinks it can operate a “nonprofit” using township resources and self-declare the nonprofit as not subject to the Freedom of Information Act (and by extension, the Open ...

Edited 9-3-2025 @1918: The statement within the police report attributed to Judge Sullivan appears to be incorrect. See this article (HERE). Edgar County Judge Matthew Sullivan was arrested on August ...

We would like to think there are times when something as simple as a classic Christmas movie can put things in perspective. During my routine morning coffee discussion with friends in the morning, one ...

Village of Rochester, Illinois Mayor Joseph Suerdieck provided a letter to the Editor of the State Journal-Register in relation to the settlement in a lawsuit brought against the Village after ...