The cover of Heather Ann Thompson’s Pulitzer Prize winning book on the Attica prison riot. Following a lawsuit settlement, every prison library in Illinois is getting a copy of the book.

Illinois man sentenced to 4.5 years for attacking two during Jan. 6 Capitol riot CHICAGO (CBS) -- An Illinois man has been sentenced to 4 ½ years in prison for assaulting a police officer and a ...

A southern Illinois man has pleaded guilty to a destruction of property charge after he smashed a window in the U.S. Capitol building during the Jan. 6, 2021 riots, according to the U.S. attorney ...

The riot at the Montana State Prison a decade ago left five inmates dead, the maximum-security building in ruins, and prison officials condemned for poor security and ignoring warning signs that ...

A 37-year-old Hamilton County man who admitted to damaging a window in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol was given an 11-month prison sentence in a federal court hearing conducted just ...

Trump’s pardons for Jan. 6 riot help more than 50 defendants from Illinois A Chicago Sun-Times review found 43 of the 53 defendants from Illinois had been convicted and sentenced. Trump pardoned ...

CHICAGO — A Central Illinois man pleaded guilty Friday to felony charges for assaulting a law enforcement officer and a member of the news media during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol ...

A 37-year-old Hamilton County man who admitted to damaging a window in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol was given an 11-month prison sentence in a federal court hearing conducted just ...

More than 50 Donald Trump supporters from Illinois will get their federal rap sheets wiped clean after the new president’s Day 1 signing of about 1,500 pardons related to the notorious riot at ...