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Ill. House Approves Guns Plan Opposed by Governor
(SPRINGFIELD, Ill.) — Gun owners could carry concealed weapons in Illinois, the last state in the nation to prohibit it, under legislation that swept through the...
Illinois State Police: 5 Killed in I-70 Van Crash
(ST. LOUIS) — Authorities say a van carrying church members returning from a California religious gathering careened off of a southern Illinois freeway and...
Why is Texas Governor Rick Perry in Illinois?
Like an aging rocker, Texas Governor Rick Perry is currently on the 2013 I'm Coming For Your Jobs tour across America. His first stop: California a couple months...
Suspect’s Motive Unclear in Illinois Killings
Authorities in central Illinois were working Thursday to determine why the nephew of a small-town mayor allegedly shot to death two women, two boys and a man...
2 Boys, 3 Adults Shot to Death in Illinois Town
(MANCHESTER, Ill.) — The nephew of a small-town Illinois mayor shot and killed five people, including two boys, before leading police on a chase that ended in an...
Photo Essays
Flooding Swamps the Midwest
Torrential rains across the central United States forced the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to close about a dozen locks on the Illinois River and the Mississippi...
‘I’m Gonna Live by the Gun and Roam’: Portrait of a Spree Killer, 1951
The story of the American mass murderer Billy “Cockeyed” Cook — who killed six people, including an entire family of five, during a terrifying three-week spree...
