The Veeck family is at it again. Before the Frontier League's 2026 season kicks off, the Joliet Slammers are going to play an ...

The Joliet Slammers will kick off the Route 66 Centennial Celebration with a one-of-a-kind exhibition game at the Old Joliet ...

Old Joliet Prison, which was open from 1858-2002 and featured in the 1980 movie "The Blues Brothers," will host "The Big ...

Marcy, N.Y. - A Central New York prison chaplain fatally shot himself Friday morning at the Marcy Correctional Facility, State Police said. Abdalla Hadian, 55, of Syracuse, died around 8:05 a.m. after ...

The following are unofficial results for the 2025 general election in Iredell County. The graphic below reflects all results in cases where cities or towns extend into other counties. All 23 of ...

At 15 years old, Santa Barbara–raised actor Tobias Jelinek had his breakout role as Jay, the glam-rock mean kid from Halloween classic Hocus Pocus. Now, 30 years later, he finds himself involved in ...

The prison on Collins Street is one part of the former Joliet Correctional Center property that is owned by the state and leased by the city of Joliet. (Gary Middendorf – gmiddendorf@shawmedia/Gary ...

A deputy director for Iowa's state correctional department will oversee South Dakota's prison system come November. South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden announced in an Oct. 20 press release that Nick Lamb, ...

A recent state audit has revealed that state taxpayers have taken another financial beating. The late Jim Edgar, one of the most successful governors in Illinois history, remarked that one of the most ...

For every person enrolled in higher education at Illinois prisons, someone else is waiting for their turn, according to new state data that reveals a system where access to college depends largely on ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Selling hundreds of his family’s lush-green acres to a Texas developer is the right move for the area’s economic future, longtime ...