Governor JB Pritzker joined the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal (OSFM) to announce the inaugural Fire Station Construction ...

Governor JB Pritzker, alongside the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal (OSFM), announced the first-ever Fire Station ...

Illinois Democrats pass budget in final minutes with sports betting tax hike Democratic members of the General Assembly had only seven minutes to spare before a key constitutional deadline to pass ...

CHICAGO (AP) — The head of the Illinois Department of Corrections unveiled a reform plan Thursday for the state's lone supermax prison, including increased mental health evaluations, more ...

TAMMS, ILLINOIS (WSIL) -- Two people are without a home after a fire destroys their house and belongings.

Tamms is a village in Alexander County, Illinois, with a population of 658. According to the most recent estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, 74.20% of residents identify as white, 18.50% as ...

Tamms is a village in Alexander County, Illinois, with a population of 658. The total cost of housing, food, child care, transportation, health care, taxes, and other necessities for a single ...

But local lawmakers are pushing to reopen the prison and bring jobs and revenue back to Tamms. Illinois Representatives Terri Bryant and Patrick Windhorst co-sponsored a bill that creates a task ...

A 48-year-old woman was found shot to death in a Tamms home and the Illinois State Police is investigating the homicide.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ Little support seems to exist for reopening a super-maximum prison in southern Illinois that has been closed for more than two years. The Springfield bureau of Lee Enterpri… ...

SPRINGFIELD – Despite overcrowding within the state's sprawling prison system, there appears to be little support for reopening the now-empty super-maximum security prison in Tamms.