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MATTOON - A teenager who shot another student in an Illinois school cafeteria has pleaded guilty to aggravated battery with a firearm.The 15-year-old boy…
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Records have been provided to a psychiatrist preparing the mental evaluation of an Illinois student accused of shooting a classmate in the high school…
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An Illinois judge has ordered mental evaluations for a freshman high school student charged in the shooting of another student.The judge ordered the…
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Four guards at a juvenile detention center in suburban Chicago have been indicted for allegedly encouraging detainees to attack fellow detainees as a form…
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A spokeswoman for Bruce Rauner says the Illinois governor is studying new uses for the Kewanee youth detention center after it closes. Rauner wants to…
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A legislative leader says Gov. Bruce Rauner's proposal to close the Kewanee youth correctional center is a chance to reduce "warehousing" young people.…
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Gov. Bruce Rauner's administration says closing the Kewanee youth correctional facility would save up to $14-million next year for improved programming…
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Two hundred jobs could soon be lost in Kewanee. Friday the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice announced the closing of the youth correctional...
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Experts say Illinois’ most troubled youth prison isn’t getting any better despite repeated assurances from state officials. Youth suffering from mental…
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Cook County leaders are sending the state of Illinois a big bill. They want the state to pay them back for the money they spend holding state wards in…