When the state of Illinois shut down the century-old, maximum-security prison last year, nearly four of every five inmates ended up being sent to less-secure sites, The Associated Press found.

The latest wave of consolidations in the Diocese of Joliet follows other controversial closings in recent years. While "budgetary issues" are cited as among the factors, church officials refuse to ...

Among the approximately 400 inmates transferred when Illinois' decrepit Stateville prison closed over the summer, 278 were ...

A southwest suburban couple in their 60's and 70's admitted that they scaled a wall and squeezed through a broken window at ...

A Joliet man is behind bars after allegedly opening ... dog in the southwest suburbs last year was sentenced to one year in prison. A federal jury has convicted a Bolingbrook man who acted as ...

Route 66’s Centennial year adding to its legendary stature and the perfect time to explore one of the USA’s most iconic road ...

When I turned 16 during the summer after my sophomore year in high school, my parents were anxious for me to find a job. They ...

(KATV) — State Senator Brian King is developing a new project aimed at halting Governor Sarah Sanders' controversial prison expansion ... maybe your mother in Park Plaza can go in there safely ...

He recounted an alarming incident where, during the Ħal Far riots, migrants were brought to the prison grounds, forced to kneel handcuffed, and had a dog intimidate them before being hosed down w ...

The alleged incident took place when Martins was visiting the Queen of Apostles parish in Joliet in November, as part of the Relic of St. Jude's nationwide American tour directed by Martins' ...

Navarro ran Baldwin Park-based Matias Clinical Laboratory Inc ... prosecutors said. In addition to her prison penalty, Navarro was ordered to forfeit $11.6 million in funds the government ...

An Overland Park couple was sentenced to prison for stealing more than $200,000 in Social Security and retirement benefits while concealing the death of a relative, according to the U.S. District ...