Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart says pilot program is 15 years in the making

Bodies found decomposing, families given strangers’ ashes in months following coroner’s complaint.

A state-operated residential facility that serves people with intellectual and developmental disabilities will not lose Medicare funding despite receiving recent...

Illinois Department of Children and Family Services Director Marc Smith will resign effective Dec. 31, he told colleagues in an...

Matt Mitchell, the former Illinois State Police trooper who caused a high-speed, distracted-driving crash that killed sisters Kelli and Jessica...

In courtrooms around the state early this week, judges conducted the first hearings under a new system that determines whether...

For years, former Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White blocked attempts by an ex-state trooper to regain his driving privileges...

State officials this week named a new leader of Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center amid a drumbeat of criticism...

After serving nearly four years as the watchdog for the Illinois Department of Human Services, Peter Neumer will step down...

A new state watchdog report calls for a “fundamental overhaul” at Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center. But the state...