Prosecutors would like to sentence former Portage Mayor James Snyder on his obstruction of the IRS charge and forgo a third ...

Former Portage Mayor James Snyder and his legal team have until Friday to object to prosecutor’s filing to proceed to ...

The deal that former Ald. Danny Solis made to work as a government informant ensured he would avoid a trial and keep his city pension, which paid him nearly $109,000 last year.

The partial verdict came down at the end of a four-month trial that featured more than 60 witnesses. The jury deliberated for nearly 65 hours over 11 days. Streicker argued in March that Madigan ...

The top brass in the U.S. attorney's office needs to figure out why they have had such a miserably low initial conviction rate lately.

Madigan. La Schiazza’s trial led to a hung jury in September, but he faces trial again in June. A jury in August also acquitted Indiana businessman Robert Mitziga, who’d been accused of ...

Jones' would be the third high-profile federal corruption trial in seven months to end in a hung jury. In February, jurors deliberating former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's case ...

Jones' would be the third high-profile federal corruption trial in seven months to end in a hung jury. In February, jurors deliberating former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's case ...

Dirksen U.S. Courthouse for portions of the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. “If it’s a judge or defendant that the public hasn’t seen, you still want to ...

Gov. JB Pritzker is backing Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, who so far is the only Democratic candidate in the race to replace retiring Sen. Dick Durbin. She was just in McLean County campaigning.

Madigan, who was convicted in a partial verdict ... and Jones wouldn’t be either. La Schiazza faces trial all over again in June. During closing arguments in Jones’ case earlier this ...