New questions are being raised in the Menendez brothers ' fight to be released from prison. A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has ordered the district attorney to explain why exculpatory evidence ...

A state prison guard on Tuesday pleaded guilty to federal felony charges related to the 2018 beating death of an inmate at Western Illinois Correctional Center.

This summary was written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story. CHICAGO — Federal prosecutors are recommending nearly six years in prison for ex-Springfield lobbyist Mike McClain, the ...

CHICAGO — Federal prosecutors are recommending nearly six years in prison for ex-Springfield lobbyist Mike McClain, the longtime friend and advisor of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Two employees at an Arkansas prison where an inmate known as the “Devil in the Ozarks” escaped have been fired for policy violations, corrections officials said ...

Federal prosecutors on Thursday recommended a near-six-year prison sentence for ex-Springfield lobbyist Mike McClain, a longtime friend and confidant of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.

The City of Pinckneyville will hold a meeting at 6 p.m., Monday, July 14, at 104 South Walnut Street.

A Bloomington man has been sentenced to 72 years in prison following a 2023 child-pornography investigation. Wesley Noonan was sentenced Monday. On July 12, 2023, Noonan was indicted on 59 counts of ...

The Project Prison Reset Task Force agreed on not spending more than $650 million for a new 1,500-bed men's prison in Sioux Falls at its Tuesday meeting. However, the task force did not formally ...