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Jurors have found former suburban Chicago police officer Drew Peterson guilty of trying to hire someone to kill the prosecutor who helped convict him in…
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A former religious services worker at the U.S. Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago has received two years of probation for violating several…
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A judge has agreed to delay Dennis Hastert's sentencing in a hush-money case after his attorneys said the former U.S. House Speaker nearly died last…
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Dennis Hastert's lawyer says the former U.S. House Speaker had a stroke during the first week of November and has been hospitalized since then.Attorney…
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A jury has convicted a Springfield daycare operator of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the 2011 death of an 11-month-old boy in her…
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A man who pleaded guilty after being accused of choking his mother in front of his 11-year-old son has started a five-year prison term. Justin Noward was…
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The owner of a now-defunct northern Illinois petting zoo has been sentenced to probation and jail time after pleading guilty to animal cruelty. Under the…
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Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert’s secrets will remain secret, at least for now. In court this morning Hastert pleaded guilty to violating federal…
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A veteran Chicago police officer was found guilty of using excessive force in the September 2012 beating of a suspect that was captured by surveillance…
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A central Illinois man has admitted to fatally beating his girlfriend's 19-month-old son last December.Twenty-year-old Deon Wells of Peoria pleaded guilty…