Wednesday, August 28, 2024
After threatening a U.S. District court judge and others earlier in August, a Peoria man will spend 3.5 years in federal prison. Paul Jordan Klawer, 34, was also ordered to serve a three-year term of supervised release after his time behind bars.
A Cook County judge who controversially banned a law clerk from the county’s main courthouse for using a cellphone in her courtroom will undergo training and mentoring, officials said.
A 16-year-old boy from Urbana has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in an armed-robbery-gone-wrong that led to the fatal shooting of another teenager last year.
A woman who was shot in the leg during a White Sox game last year is suing the team and the Illinois agency that owns Guaranteed Rate Field. The woman was in the left-field bleachers in Section 161 when she was shot during the fourth inning of a game against the Oakland A's on Aug. 25, 2023.
On August 9, 2024, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed H.B. 3773 into law, requiring all Illinois employers to notify employees and applicants when they use artificial intelligence (A.I.) to make employment decisions.