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CHICAGO — Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan reported to a West Virginia federal prison on Monday to begin his 7 ½-year sentence for public corruption — nearly 600 miles away from his ...

Lewis and Clark County Deputy Christopher Norris testifies at the coroner's inquest in the death of Josh Aaron Vestre. Norris testified that due to a poor radio connection, they did not hear an order ...

HELENA (AP) - A former Montana prison inmate who pleaded guilty to filing fraudulent claims for an income tax refund for a fellow inmate has been sentenced to five years in federal prison.

An inmate who allegedly was "a boss" within Montana's prison system and used his power to defraud the government of $42,000 while behind bars received a new five-year sentenced Friday, but this time ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- The powerful speaker of the Illinois House said Wednesday he wants to help U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's possible campaign for president by moving up the state's 2008 primary ...

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A former southwestern Illinois teacher must serve two years of probation and register as a sex offender as her sentence for having sex with one of her students.