The Frontier League's Joliet Slammers are leaning into their nickname after announcing that they will play an exhibition game at a local prison next season. Old Joliet Prison, which was open from 1858 ...

Will Pope Leo XIV follow the progressive example of his predecessor or chart a more moderate course? His work in Chicago and ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s longtime associate has begun serving a two-year prison sentence at a federal medical facility and minimum security camp in Lexington, Kentucky. Michael ...

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December means Christmas in the doggy day room at Logan Correctional Center, Illinois’ largest state prison for women. On a recent visit, there were dogs dressed in holiday sweaters or reindeer ...

Pope Leo XIV made his most important U.S. appointment to date Thursday, naming a fellow south suburbanite as the next archbishop of New York to lead one of the biggest archdioceses as it navigates ...

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Illinois lawmakers and reform advocates are calling for stronger oversight of the state’s new prison health care provider following a Chicago Sun-Times report. On Dec. 10, the Sun-Times published a ...