Jackson Jr., 60, plans to announce his run for the open 2nd Congressional District seat this week, according to his spokesman ...

A heartfelt reunion took place Tuesday, weeks after a Cook County police officer’s quick thinking helped save a mother ...

An inmate at State Correctional Institute Albion is dead after the prison said he was found unresponsive in his cell ...

The agency was recently taken off the U.S. Department of Housing's list of underperforming agencies but internal strife among leadership and staff is jeopardizing the agency's chances of staying off ...

A group of Chicagoans celebrates the release of a loved one from the Cook County jail at around 9:15 PM on August 20, 2025. Credit: Dave Byrnes It was half past midnight and eight women had just left ...

Bucks County officials say they aren't suspending their work release program despite recent inmate walkaways. Four inmates have failed to return from work release since August, the first such ...

FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — A Fulton County detention officer is in the hospital after officials say an inmate stabbed the officer with a shank. The attack happened Tuesday morning inside the Fulton County ...

A 33-year-old Duval County jail inmate died by suicide Friday morning in his isolation cell, Sheriff Romeo Ramirez confirmed. Israel Hinojosa of San Diego was found unresponsive in his cell at 11:25 a ...

Kelvin Wayne Simmons, 48, was indicted Oct. 7 on eight federal charges after law enforcement say he shot and killed a Cherokee County detention officer while escaping custody. Meanwhile, his state ...

COOK COUNTY, Ga. (WALB) - On Saturday, Oct. 4, the Cook County Fire Department announced the passing of Chief Ronald Gerald Abbott. In a Facebook post, the fire department said Chief Abbot passed away ...

SWEETWATER, Tenn. (WATE) — The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office recaptured an inmate after he reportedly left his work release and cut off his ankle monitor. MCSO said Cody Allen Patterson, an inmate ...

An inmate who escaped from a facility in St. Louis County last month has been taken into custody. On Tuesday at around 11:30 a.m., law enforcement executed a search warrant on the 200 block of Eighth ...