The trial of an ex-deputy who shot an unarmed Black woman in her home is moved to another city

FILE – This booking photo provided by the Macon County, Ill., Jail in January 2025, shows Sean Grayson, a former Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy who is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Sonya Massey
Bill banning dwarfism slur as mascot passes House

A bill in the House would require Freeburg Community High School to change the name of its mascot, which is considered a slur for people with dwarfism. (Photo courtesy of the Belleville News Democrat) By BRIDGETTE FOX
Committee criticizes Pritzker “victory lap” as administration cuts benefits for adult immigrants

By JIM TALAMONTI Illinois Radio Network SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (IRN) — Members of the Illinois General Assembly’s Joint Committee on Administrative Rules are not happy they’ve been given the task of ending the state’s Health Benefits for Immigrant
Stock market slides as U.S. prepares to impose 104% tariff on China

The stock market slid on Tuesday at closing, after a rally that had sent the S&P 500 and Nasdaq up more than 4% earlier in the day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 320 points –
Supreme Court allows Trump administration to terminate 16,000 probationary federal workers

The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration’s firing of 16,000 probationary federal employees across six agencies and departments to go forward. The high court’s 7-2 decision blocks a ruling from a lower court judge that required
See trailer for John Lennon and Yoko Ono ‘One to One’ documentary

Magnolia Pictures released a preview for the new documentary ‘One to One: John & Yoko,’ which covers an 18-month span in the lives of iconic couple John Lennon and Yoko Ono together in Greenwich Village. Lennon and
Bring Me The Horizon to launch Fall 2025 tour

Bring Me the Horizon will embark on a Fall 2025 US arena tour – billed as the first of two legs of the “USA Ascension Program+ Part 01″ tour. Motionless in White, The Plot in You, and