Top DOC overtime hogs at Rikers Island logged so many hours last year, it was the equivalent of six extra hours per day, 365 days a year, The Post found.

The inmates’ team beat 115 other chess squads from 51 countries at the tournament organised by the Cook County Office in Chicago, and held online ...

Five inmates at the Central Maryland Correctional Facility in Sykesville have been convicted in two separate stabbings at the ...

Among the approximately 400 inmates transferred when Illinois' decrepit Stateville prison closed over the summer, 278 were ...

A Country Club Hills man is behind bars after sheriff’s deputies searched his home and reportedly uncovered a stash of illegal firearms, drugs, and nearly $900 in cash.

Out of roughly 400 inmates transferred when Illinois' decrepit Stateville prison closed over the summer, 278 were convicted of murder. Another hundred are serving time for other violent offenses. Yet ...

Now, almost three decades after his arrest, a judge will decide whether to release Robert Johnson later this month.

Jenny Laudeman, of York, reaches out for a high-five with Wally Goose, the Wawa mascot, as they both show off their splits during the costume contest at the 2025 Capital Area Polar Plunge at Gifford ...

A DuPage County judge sentenced Tia Brewer to prison for her involvement in the 2018 murder of Luis Guerrero. A 16-year-old ...

The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit against Illinois, the City of Chicago, and Cook County, alleging that their ...

We are celebrating Black History Month by featuring stories of Chicago's past, present and future. Today, we start by ...