Law & Order

Mayor Tishaura Jones is pushing the board to pass the legislation, which she unveiled in August after a roundtable with survivors of gun violence.

State lawmakers passed and the governor signed the criminal justice reform back in 2021. Originally scheduled to take effect on Jan. 1, 2023, lawsuits slowed the SAFE-T Act's enactment. The legislation includes the elimination of cash bail.

Matt Mitchell, the former Illinois trooper who killed Jessica and Kelli Uhl in a 2007 high-speed crash near O'Fallon, is yet again seeking a reinstatement of his driving privileges.

Experts say the doomsday scenarios surrounding the controversial criminal justice reform aren’t likely to materialize. But big changes are coming.

After settling the lawsuit where a former player sued the Mascoutah volleyball coach for allegedly violating her civil rights, the coach is suing the player, alleging defamation.

Special Agent in Charge Jay Greenberg says 300 educators attended training on how to implement threat assessment teams over the summer.

Technicians from the car company will be at the Urban League’s Jennings location from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sept. 9 and 10. Of the more than 1,600 auto thefts reported to St. Louis County police this year, about a quarter have been of Hyundais.

Jean Peters Baker is named as a respondent in a lawsuit challenging Missouri’s near-total ban on abortion. She is asking the judge for permission to raise her own legal challenges to the law.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker defended the number of dying and disabled prisoners released under a landmark law that went into effect early last year at a news conference last week.

Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary Jane Theis said the decision was made due to “the anticipated volume of investigations and hearings on pretrial detention” when bail reform goes into effect Sept. 18.