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.

TAMMS, IL (KFVS) - Less than a day after being elected to office, Murphysboro Republican Terri Bryant made her intentions clear; to reopen the Tamms Correctional Center in Alexander County.

Illinois State Police officials are investigating a deadly house fire that happened in Tamms, Illinois early Wednesday morning.