Federal Court

Thursday was the final day of a trial challenging the law, passed in response to the 2022 mass shooting in Highland Park.

The first witness called by those challenging the ban was a downstate gun dealer who testified AR-15-style guns are used for self-defense.

A lawsuit filed by seven Illinois State University students against the university has moved to federal court. The Illinois attorney general's office requested a change of venue.

Checks are going out in a $65 million settlement of a class action lawsuit against State Farm Life and Accident Assurance Company. Attorneys had accused State Farm in a federal court in Missouri of overcharging on policies.

A federal judge in Urbana has sentenced a woman from Normal to 8 1/2 years in prison for her part in the shooting death of a Champaign police officer and the wounding of another.

The law aimed to stop the use of deceptive practices to steer patients away from abortion care. A lawsuit argued the law violated free speech.

The lawsuit alleges that the Bloomington-based insurer had not notified customers of an August breach at the time of the court filing. State Farm calls the allegations in the lawsuit "factually and legally baseless."

Isaac Jackson, a former pharmacy technician, was accused of "diverting" 28,000 hydrocodone pills from the medical supply chain to be sold illegally.

A man who shipped large amounts of methamphetamine from Mexico to his Logan County farm will spend 21 years in federal prison.

A judge has approved transferring the Taylor Brown case to the State’s Attorney’s Appellate Prosecutor office in Springfield. The McLean County State’s Attorney’s office has recused itself from the case that involves allegations of aggravated arson, aggravated battery of a peace officer, and resisting or obstructing a peace officer.