Cook County Judge Caroline Glennon-Goodman was reassigned for sharing a meme depicting a Black child’s leg with an electronic monitor on it.
The Illinois Supreme Court overturning Jussie Smollett's conviction for staging a hate crime against himself isn't proof of innocence, the case's prosecutor said.
Suspected white supremacist John P. Shadbar is in custody.
They fatally strapped 35-year-old Earl L. Moore face-down on a gurney in Springfield, Illinois.
Dubbed the "Ghost Town" of Southern Illinois, Cairo has been plagued with economic hardship since the 1960s. Dickerson hopes to change the city now that he's in office.
The Kankakee School Board voted to fire John Donovan, the teacher who called a Black student the n-word and allegedly threw a book at him.
A white high school teacher in Illinois wasn't fired despite video evidence of his racism.
Chicago rapper and activist Vic Mensa has unveiled the first Black-owned cannabis company in Illinois, 93 Boyz.
15-year-old Martell Williams said police in Waukegan, Illinois, arrested him at school and coerced him into a false confession for attempted murder. He also said a cop offered him McDonald's in exchange for his confession.
The Rev. Dr. Stephany Rose Spaulding is running for Illinois' 1st Congressional District in a seat set to be made vacant by longtime U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush's upcoming retirement. The pastor, educator and freedom fighter tells NewsOne more about her political platform.
Drew S. Clinton was arrested after a graduation party in western Illinois, during which he was accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl. Adams County Judge Robert Adrian found Clinton guilty of felony sexual assault but reversed the conviction rather than send him to prison.
