Courts

This term’s Supreme Court decision that allows states to ban gender-affirming healthcare for adolescent transgender minors is causing fear, frustration, and resolve in the LGBTQ+ community in Bloomington-Normal.

A small crowd rallied Monday outside the McLean County Law and Justice Center to oppose the federal immigration crackdown and request support from local elected officials.

A federal ruling restoring AmeriCorps grant funding in states that sued over the Trump administration's dismantling of the program may help keep important legal assistance available in McLean County.

Stephany Flores-Ramirez must serve at least 85% of a 10-year sentence and pay nearly $2 million in restitution.

Worker advocates said they fear the past is prologue as they discussed the history of corporate malfeasance in hiding the dangers of asbestos at a Bloomington plant.

A longtime associate judge in McLean and Logan counties is retiring. Bill Workman was appointed to the bench in 2014. He'll step down at the end of July.

Derek Siebring, one of three people charged with the murder of Jamere Bew of Bloomington in 2023, has pleaded guilty and will serve decades in prison. His co-defendants' cases are pending.

Luis A. Monroy, 18, is charged as an adult in the 2023 fatal stabbing of Nicholas Zapata. He plans to change his plea to guilty.

Tyjohn Williams was sentenced Monday in a Champaign County courtroom for the murder of Kristian Philpotts. The aspiring veterinarian was killed while driving for the ride share company Lyft.

A McLean County program that supports abused and neglected children is expanding to Logan County.