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 ...

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.

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

Today, President Obama announced plans for the federal government to buy a nearly empty prison in Thomson, Illinois. The idea is to move detainees from Guantanamo Bay to Thomson. This afternoon, ...

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, ...

In a letter sent Wednesday, June 1 to the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-IL District 17) called for the immediate ...

THOMSON, Ill. — The White House decision to move up to 100 Guantanamo Bay detainees to this dying Mississippi River town has folks here seeing dollar signs, not suspected terrorists. Many people in ...

Sen. Dick Durbin said Wednesday that for months he promoted the idea of bringing terrorism suspects to Illinois — first suggesting the federal prison in Marion, then pushing the state prison in ...

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, ...