A convicted murderer from Columbia has died, the Illinois Department of Corrections confirmed last week with the ...

Text messages appeared to show a former Lake County Community Corrections officer was in a sexual relationship with a work ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — A Rockford man awaiting trial for murder has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for another crime.

The plaintiffs must release information regarding detainees' arrests and detainments, video footage from inside the building, ...

Caged in a cell, Jerad Traylor struggled to breathe and cried out for help, pleading that he felt like he was dying.

A decision has been made in the investigation of the death of an inmate lodged in the Winnebago County Jail in June 2025.

Advocates say measure could affect 1.7M Illinoisians and allow people to re-enter the workforce.

We recently urged our readers to start reading the Illinois Auditor General Reports that are publicly available at this link.  We urged the reading because the public needs ...

State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke says Hoover, 75, took advantage of “misguided public policies and disinvestment” and ...

Caged in a cell, Jerad Traylor struggled to breathe and cried out for help, pleading that he felt like he was dying. And it turned out his feelings of despair were exactly right. Four days after his ...