Detective Cody Meeks was recognized as the 2024 Deputy of the Year for his successful prosecution of child sexual assault and ...

Kaleeyah Sprinkle, the mother of a 21-month-old girl who was found bruised and afraid in the back seat of a vehicle, will ...

Melissa Phelps, 42, of Havana died Monday afternoon in a crash involving her passenger car and a commercial vehicle in Fulton County.

Peoria prosecutors laid out in court on Thursday evidence of what they described as a "violent, brutal and continuous" attack on a 21-month-old child who was allegedly beaten to death by his mother.

Authorities said a Peoria woman told police she was in the process of moving and had been working security when she was pulled over with a firearm and body armor in her car.

After hearing the prosecutors' case, Judge Paul Bauer ordered that Sprinkle be held in Peoria County Jail pending her jury trial, which is now set for July 14. The evidence laid out in court on ...

Grayson, 30, is charged with first-degree murder, aggravated battery, and official misconduct in the July 6, 2024 shooting death of Sonya Massey in Springfield.

Thanks to Turner and State Rep. Kam Buckner, D-Chicago, a bill is headed to Gov. JB Pritzker's desk that will require stricter law enforcement hiring practices. Already through the Senate, the bill ...

The state's highest court will decide whether the former Illinois sheriff's deputy who fatally shot Sonya Massey will be let out of jail ahead of his trial.