A Pontiac teen recently acquitted of homicide is headed to prison for related convictions of armed robbery and using a ...

PONTIAC - Pontiac Correctional Center's inmate population was reduced again Monday with the transfer of 50 prisoners to a facility in Lawrence. An Illinois Department of Corrections bus and seven ...

A Pontiac woman charged with nine felonies for allegedly stealing tens of thousands of dollars from prospective homebuyers ...

The prison's inmates were part of Pontiac's 2000 census - the number was more than 1,000. Households in Pontiac with people working at the prison totaled around 170. State revenue is based on ...

SPRINGFIELD -- Central Illinois lawmakers are optimistic about Pontiac Correctional Center ’s chances for survival if Gov. Rod Blagojevich resigns or is impeached. Lt. Gov. Patrick Quinn declined to ...

SPRINGFIELD — Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich said closing Pontiac Correctional Center would save taxpayers about $4 million. But a review of the costs associated with his failed plan to shutter ...

SPRINGFIELD | The state has paid a consultant more than $411,000 since last year to study what kinds of upgrades need to be made to Illinois prisons. But, officials say they have no plans to use the ...

SPRINGFIELD — Hundreds of state prison inmates won’t just be switching prisons in the coming weeks: Some of them will be switching channels. State purchasing records show the Illinois Department of ...

SPRINGFIELD | An independent study of Illinois' prison system shows the state should be preparing to add space for inmates rather than pushing to close prisons. In a lengthy report that was kept under ...

A woman from Oakland County faces multiple felony charges after a hit-and-run accident that killed a motorcyclist and injured another in Pontiac, Michigan.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Illinois officials are beginning to express concern that the closing of Pontiac Prison and its replacement in Thomson would give a boost to Iowa's economy. A study by Western ...

SPRINGFIELD — A prison guard was injured by an inmate at the Pontiac Correctional Center on Monday, just one month after the Quinn administration moved inmates out of a Southern Illinois lockup ...