Dred Scott first went to trial to sue for his freedom in 1847. Ten years later, after a decade of appeals and court reversals, his case was finally ... the free state of Illinois.

The case before the court was that of Dred Scott v. Sanford. Dred Scott, a slave who had lived in the free state of Illinois and the free territory of Wisconsin before moving back to the slave ...

Womack had just become the 19th of 26 Illinois state troopers involved in a Scott’s Law crash in 2019 — a year when two troopers were killed and a dozen, including Womack, were injured.

Womack had just become the 19th of 26 Illinois state troopers involved in a Scott’s Law crash in 2019 — a year when two troopers were killed and a dozen, including Womack, were injured.