Bond

One year after Illinois eliminated cash bail as part of the Pretrial Fairness Act, proponents are hailing its success, insisting the criminal justice reform measure accomplished its goal of making communities safer and the system more equitable.

District 86 plans to add information to its website about the proposed referendum by early next week.

A judge reduced the bond for one of three men arrested in connection with a deadly Joliet gun battle after the man's attorney argued that his client was merely driving a car during the incident and has no criminal history.

Bond was set at $2 million Saturday for a Bloomingdale man charged with murder in the death of his 43-year-old physically and mentally handicapped nephew.

Bond was set at $200,000 Sept. 3 for a Downers Grove man accused of stealing items from a car parked on the campus of North Central College in Naperville and attempting to rob a student.