In more than two decades as a juvenile probation officer in downstate Clinton County, Carla Stalnaker said barely a handful of children younger than 12 have found themselves in her office. And only a ...

Illinois lawmakers are considering a bill that would make a resentencing possibility for inmates serving lengthy sentences ...

Public health officials were the highest paid in the state last year and among the highest overtime earners, with many ...

Many ways to improve treatment are expensive and could be in peril if Medicaid funding is slashed by the Trump administration ...

Editor’s note: Yesterday’s Daywatch subject line contained an error. The executive MBA program at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business will be renamed after alumnus Konstantin Sokolov in ...

People with mental illnesses are far likelier to be victims than to commit crimes. But a small number of unprovoked, midday ...

People with mental illnesses are far likelier to be victims than to commit crimes. But a small number of unprovoked, midday ...

It’s not just Chicago. Downstate public transit agencies face funding challenges- “State lawmakers are spending this spring’s legislative ...

The role of the program is twofold: Confidentially assist and support victims of crime, along with cold case cards with ...

"Under this superintendent and the new director, it's chaotic. The youth run the facility and staff have no say." ...