Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan to be arraigned Wednesday
CHICAGO, Ill. (WJPF) – Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan will face arraignment in federal court Wednesday. The 79-year-old won’t actually step foot inside a courtroom, the judge has ordered the hearing to be held over the
Aurora Man Sentenced for Throwing Explosive Into Restaurant
CHICAGO (AP) — A man was sentenced to five years in prison for throwing an explosive device through the window of a suburban Chicago restaurant in 2020 during civil unrest that followed George Floyd’s death in
Judge sentences Illinois couple to probation for entering US Capitol
CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge sentenced a suburban Chicago couple to 18 months of probation Tuesday for entering the U.S. Capitol through a broken window during the Jan. 6 riot and joining a mob trying
Ex-Illinois state senator Tom Cullerton pleads guilty in embezzlement case
CHICAGO (AP) — A former Illinois state senator pleaded guilty Tuesday in a federal embezzlement case, two weeks after he abruptly resigned from the state Legislature. Former state Sen. Thomas Cullerton, a Democrat from Villa Park, pleaded