Daily Legal News Archive

Acevedo seemed just as troublesome as predicted in his first 30 minutes on the witness stand in former state House Speaker Mike Madigan’s trial. Defense attorneys have warned that Acevedo’s testimony would come at the feds’ “own peril,” but prosecutors have not been deterred.

It has been more than a decade since a horrific criminal case known as the "Nightmare on Hickory Street" terrorized a Chicago suburb and resulted in two vicious murders.

Bias was charged as an adult and found guilty of first degree murder in the death of Pierre Scott Jr. She also stabbed and injured another student who survived. That conviction, however, is now in question after a recent ruling by the appellate court.

The Illinois Department of Labor has confirmed it is investigating the Marriott Hotel and Conference Center in Normal. This comes after union leaders filed a complaint alleging a series of violations related to pay and other workplace standards.

Mount Prospect officials say the table is being set for construction of a $2.5 billion data center on the former United Airlines headquarters site.