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Jurors in Peoria have convicted a 21-year-old woman of participating in a robbery that left a 63-year-old man dead.Samantha P. Gordon of Peoria cried when…
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Authorities say they've arrested the former hotel owner of what was Peoria's Four Points at Sheraton. The Florida businessman sought to flee on a private…
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A federal court has taken just three days to reject the appeal of imprisoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich seeking a third sentencing. The…
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Dennis Hastert's lawyers have filed 41 letters of support for the former U.S. House speaker as he heads into sentencing, including one former U.S. House…
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Dennis Hastert's lawyers want a judge to spare the former U.S. House Speaker from prison time in his hush-money case and give him probation. A filing…
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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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Lawyers for former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert have asked a federal judge to delay sentencing in his hush-money case because of his recent…
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A judge sentenced a Granite City man to 24 years in prison for abusing a 7-week-old boy so severely that he broke the child's skull and several…
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Illinois lawmakers are taking suggestions on how to best revamp the state’s criminal justice system. IPR's Tony Arnold reports.Advocates and prison…
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Ex-Congressman Jesse Jackson Junior is asking a judge to send him to prison before his wife. Both Jacksons are set to be sentenced next month for misusing…