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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.

The U.S. Senate has confirmed an Illinois Wesleyan University graduate as a new federal judge in the central district of Illinois.

A federal judge in Peoria has sentenced a 22-year-old Bloomington man to just under three years in prison for having a "switch" that made a Glock pistol into a fully automatic weapon.

A federal judge in Peoria has sentenced a man from Danvers to 6 1/2 years in prison for sending lewd photos of parts of himself to a minor. Alexander Smith, 23, also must register as a sex offender when he is released.

President Biden has nominated an Illinois Wesleyan University graduate to the federal bench. Colleen Lawless is currently an associate circuit judge in Sangamon County. Before that she was a shareholder in a prominent Springfield law firm.

Police have made an arrest in a smash-and-grab early Sunday morning at a Bloomington gun store. Federal prosecutors have filed a complaint against 20-year-old Dajuan Edwards-Melton of Peoria for the break-in at Smiley's Sports Shop on Ireland Grove Road.

A federal grand jury has indicted three Bloomington-Normal men on child sex trafficking charges.The U.S. attorney’s office announced the charges in…

The head of the McLean County Republican party said she was disappointed to see President Donald Trump commute former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's 14-year…