The Old Joliet Prison, as it’s known locally, is offering public tours. But the prison outside Chicago is not the Alcatraz of the Midwest. It hasn’t been spruced up with exhibits and an audio ...

One person was using a small propane torch to thaw out frozen water pipes in the basement when the fire started.

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