Jordan Andrade, now 26, of Porter Township, pleaded guilty but mentally ill to the October 2023 murder of Valparaiso University computer science graduate student Varun Pucha, 29. He was sentenced to 60 years. His conviction stands. His earliest release date is in 2068.

A Chicago Public Schools teacher who also is on the staff of the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra has been charged with sending and receiving child pornography over a messaging app.

A federal appeals court on Friday revived part of a lawsuit accusing Elon Musk's X of becoming a haven for child exploitation, though the court said the platform deserves broad immunity from claims over objectionable content.

Jaron Woodsley, 27, a teacher at Robert Fulton Elementary School in the New City neighborhood on the South Side, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Maria Valdez, who ordered him to remain in federal custody until a preliminary hearing scheduled for Tuesday.

The fire marshal of Lincoln, R.I., who allegedly owned a large collection of child pornography and solicited young girls and boys for content, was arrested Friday on federal child exploitation charges, court records show.

A Longmeadow middle school librarian has been arrested for allegedly distributing child pornography, sparking outrage among parents in the Hampden County community.

Phillip E. Obenauf was sentenced after pleading guilty to a Class X felony child pornography charge, the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office said.

Agents searched Scott McGinley’s home last week, allegedly recovering child sex abuse materials, as well as a locked case that included children’s underwear, diapers and diaper cream, among other items,