Congresswoman Cheri Bustos along with senators Chuck Grassley and Dick Durbin toured the Administrative United States Penitentiary in Thomson, IL. For months now, the prison has been working to hire ...

It's opening day at Sandburr Run in Thomson, Illinois. It's really special after longtime Buck's Barn closed at the site along Route 84 three years ago. On Monday, you'll find three generations of the ...

Jungbunzlauer, a global leader in sustainable, high-quality ingredients from natural sources, has announced the acquisition of International Flavors & Fragrances’ multipurpose production site in ...

WASHINGTON (WAND) — The Senate Judiciary Committee tackled corruption and abuse in the federal prison system on Wednesday. Senator Dick Durbin, (D-Illinois), pointed to abuse at the prison in Thomson, ...

THOMSON, Ill. — It's a situation the staff union at the United States Penitentiary, Thomson, is calling "abusive." The prison is, by some accounts, the most understaffed federal prison in the country.

SIEGEL: When Thomson, Illinois, was first proposed as a site for the Guantanamo detainees, the initial reaction from Illinois politicians tended to split down party lines: Democrats backed the plan, ...

The federal government has agreed to buy the closed Thomson Correctional Center in western Illinois for $165 million after the sale was held up for nearly three years, state leaders announced Tuesday.

President Obama hsa directed the federal government to buy the near-empty state prison in rural Thomson, Ill., to house up to 100 detainees from Guantanamo Bay, officials confirmed Monday. A Durbin ...