Former Texas Longhorns and Washington Huskies wide receiver Johntay Cook II has been arrested again, just a week after facing ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 11, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National ...

A little over a week after being arrested on multiple charges in the state of Texas, Johntay Cook has run into trouble with ...

Wallace "Gator" Bradley says Mark Maxson signed a 2013 contract for help in his quest for freedom. Now Bradley is in court trying to get a share of Maxson's legal settlement stemming from the nearly ...

People in jail are often awaiting trial, while people in state prison have been convicted of one or more offense, making the ...

A Country Club Hills man is behind bars after sheriff’s deputies searched his home and reportedly uncovered a stash of ...

A former Park Ridge police officer was arrested during a traffic stop in Arlington Heights after allegedly pretending to be a ...

A 24-year-old Clinton County Jail inmate has been ordered to participate in The Salvation Army program and was given probation after he pleaded guilty to flooding the jail, according to court ...

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.

Five inmates from Patrick Henry Correctional Unit responded to the recent large fire that burned approximately 500 acres in the Callaway area of Franklin County.

That inmate was taken to Regional One Health in non-critical condition, Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner said during a Friday night press conference, and was pronounced dead at 9:28 p.m. the ...

When the Illinois Department of Corrections shut down the century-old Stateville Correctional Center in September, officials ...