A woman is facing 16 years in prison after pleading guilty to second degree murder related to a November 2024 stabbing death in Champaign.

A woman has been sentenced to 10 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for a March 2025 DUI crash that killed a 2-month-old baby.

Former Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson is set to be sentenced on Thursday for the deadly shooting of Sonya Massey. This case has sparked statewide outrage, legislative change, and renewed scrutiny of police use of force in Illinois. Grayson was convicted last month of second-degree murder for the July 2024 shooting that killed Massey inside her Springfield home. Prosecutors argued Grayson used unreasonable and excessive force during a late-night response call, while the defense maintained Grayson feared for his safety.

A 24-year-old Rantoul man has been sentenced to 100 years in prison for a deadly stabbing that left a woman injured and one man dead in March 2025. 

A Danville man was found guilty Thursday of attacking a bailiff inside the Vermilion County courthouse in 2023.

A Pana man was sentenced to 18 years in prison after pleading guilty to child pornography charges from February.