It is the first concrete move the Illinois Department of Corrections has taken to begin the project since Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced last spring that he was setting aside capital construction ...

The man convicted of killing social worker Deidre Silas almost three years ago has been effectively sentenced to life in ...

Parvin, 61, of Mulkeytown was sentenced Thursday afternoon to seven concurrent life sentences to the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) with no chance of parole. The hearing was held at the ...

A Davenport man who is awaiting trial in Scott County on meth trafficking charges was arrested early Sunday for allegedly ...

Benjamin Reed the man charged with killing Deidre Silas, a DCFS child protective specialist who was stabbed to death back in ...

Democratic incumbent Gregg Johnson was re-elected to represent Illinois' 72nd House District on Tuesday, the only local ...

Authorities are investigating the death Sunday of a 39-year-old Illinois man who was an inmate in the Kenosha County Jail.

Weems faces up to 30 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections and would have to serve 100 percent of his sentence.