Now, for the first time since the facility closed in 2002, tourists can walk in through that gate. The Old Joliet Prison, as it’s known locally, is offering public tours. But the prison outside ...

The ceiling collapsed onto one firefighter who suffered burns to his wrist and forehead. He was taken to St. Joe's Medical Center, where he was listed in stable condition. The firefighter was ...

Many of the workers admitted they paid kickbacks to others to fill out phony applications to get loans through the Paycheck Protection Program, which was intended to help businesses struggling during ...

The Volunteer Millers of de Immigrant Windmill will host a program by Kelly Klobucher about the old Joliet, Illinois, prison ...

Stateville Correctional Center, which opened in 1925, is in Joliet. Total capacity is over 3,000. Total population, according to IDOC, is over 1,900. Total taxpayer cost per individual at ...

JOLIET, Ill. (WLS) -- The Will County Sheriff's Office fired a correctional officer as he faces multiple child sex abuse charges. Daniel T. Herod, 41, was employed with the sheriff's office since May ...

A Will County Sheriff's Office correctional officer is now facing more child sex abuse charges after he was taken into custody by Homeland Security last month.

"Joliet is already known as a rail fan center, but there's really been no ... in addition to the Old Joliet Prison, the Joliet Area Historical Museum, the new Illinois Rock & Roll Museum in ...