A Gary man got a four-year split sentence Friday after signing a plea deal for heading to his ex-girlfriend’s home, opening fire in her basement, and killing a man who had stayed the night with her ...

A Crown Point woman got a 5-year split sentence Friday in a deadly Winfield crash. Christine Mefford, 47, pleaded guilty in July to reckless homicide and criminal recklessness. She will serve three ...

BENNINGTON — A former Pine Cobble teacher who in January 2022 was charged with a single count of repeatedly raping a former student will take a plea deal Thursday that calls for a 10 to 20-year ...

The First Appellate District reversed a trial court order and remanded. The court held that the trial court lost jurisdiction to modify a straight jail term Realignment Act sentence upon execution of ...

Split Supreme Court Allows Lighter Sentences for Bank Robbers Dubbed 'Scarecrow Bandits' In a 5-4 decision, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said the defendants could benefit from Congress' elimination ...