A teen wanted for robbing a bank in Michigan and stealing a car in Indiana is in custody after being arrested in Vermilion County, Illinois. Authorities say Jacob Edwards was arrested Friday. A deputy responded after the 18-year-old suspect knocked on a door of a home in the 25-hundred block of North Road. Edwards pointed a gun at the deputy, who shot him. Edwards was taken to the hospital. A deadly shooting in Carbondale is under investigation. State police say Robert Delmore Junior was shot and killed Saturday in the 800 block of East Grand Avenue. He was found with a gunshot wound inside an apartment. No arrests have been made. The Illinois museum community is mourning the passing of Illinois State Museum Director Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko over the weekend. Catlin-Legutko had served as director since the fall of 2019. She recently had been appointed by President Joe Biden to the Route 66 Centennial Commission. Illinois' unemployment rate remains steady. The state's Departmen
SHERIDAN – Lewis University have begun their Spring semester of classes inside Sheridan Correctional Center. The program in Sheridan is the second in the state
The Austin E. Knowlton Foundation committed a $1 million grant to Augustana's Prison Education Program, announcing a 10-year commitment to the initiative.
There are 11 inmates sentenced to jail in Dupage County set to be released from the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections during the week ending Oct. 8.