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Highland Park parade shooter gets seven life sentences

By Barbara Vitello
Apr 24, 2025 11:04 am - “Irretrievably depraved, permanently incorrigible and beyond any rehabilitation” is how Lake County Judge Victoria Rossetti described the Highland Park shooter moments be...
Measles outbreak spreads to Illinois with case reported downstate

By Beth Hundsdorfer
Apr 24, 2025 10:32 am - The Illinois Department of Public Health confirmed Wednesday afternoon the first case of measles in the state.
Big Ten university faculties push for defense compact against Trump

Ben Brasch, Molly Hennessy-Fiske
Apr 24, 2025 7:40 am - The proposed NATO-like alliance for the 18 schools would allow them to share resources in case the president targets one of their members.
Survivors of 2022 July Fourth parade mass shooting describe chaos, panic and bloodshed

By SOPHIA TAREEN
Apr 23, 2025 3:28 pm - Survivors recounted the horror a gunman caused when he fired dozens of bullets at a 2022 Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago, detailing during a sentencing hearing for the man on Wednesday how they fled the route, hid inside businesses or treated the wounded packed into an emergency room.
‘Time to pass the torch’: With Durbin not seeking reelection, here’s who could run.

By Marni Pyke and Russell Lissau
Apr 23, 2025 10:41 am - Sen. Dick Durbin will not seek re-election, setting off what’s likely to be a lively skirmish to replace him. Here’s some Democrats and Republicans eyeing the job.
Storms could bring more tornadoes, flooding to central U.S.

By Matthew Cappucci
Apr 15, 2025 2:09 pm - A multiday stretch of severe weather — including the potential for tornadoes and locally significant flooding — is expected over the central United States ahead of the we...
Illinois is losing $125 million in federal grants for disease prevention

By Marni Pyke
Mar 26, 2025 7:58 pm - The funding was allocated as part of COVID-19 relief and was slated for public health labs and vaccinations.
Illinois returns stolen land to Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation

By JOHN O'CONNOR
Mar 25, 2025 3:44 pm - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Prairie Land Potawatomi Nation has reclaimed land in Illinois that was promised to the tribe's leader 175 years ago but stolen by the federal gove...
Huntley High School’s Marcus Belin named High School Principal of the Year

By Kevin Newberry
Mar 20, 2025 1:03 pm - Huntley High School Principal Marcus Belin has been named 2025 High School Principal of the Year by the Illinois Principals Association.
Flag redesign voters say stick with ‘seal on a bedsheet’

By Jake Griffin
Mar 06, 2025 11:38 am - Voters in an online poll about redesigning Illinois’ flag overwhelmingly supported maintaining the current “busy” design.

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