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Prison officials say breakdowns with the water provider have left them with no service for the time being ...

Authorities say the sergeant will also do six months of home confinement upon his release.

According to state officials, the water is flowing again at the Mount Olive Correctional Complex in Fayette County, after officials at the facility originally notified state agencies last week they ...

Former Chicago Alderman Ed Burke has been released from federal prison. His wife said he will stay at a Chicago halfway house.

Former Chicago alderman Ed Burke is expected to be released from prison Tuesday after being convicted of corruption for using his position to benefit his law firm.

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.

Judge tells 92-year-old he will die in prison after conviction in UK’s oldest solved cold case A 92-year-old former railway worker has been sentenced to life in a British prison for raping and ...

JACKSONVILLE, Ill. (AP) -- Prosecutors filed charges Friday against a recent inmate at a central Illinois prison accused of sexually assaulting a female employee at the facility.