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October 29, 2017

Obama called for jury duty in Chicago

Former President Barack Obama may have thought he’d be taking a long break from public service when he left the White House in January.

October 28, 2017

Charter plane carrying Oklahoma City Thunder damaged in mid-air collision ... with bird?

What did the Oklahoma City Thunder's plane hit?

October 27, 2017

NICU babies compete in Halloween costume contest at Illinois hospital

The littlest patients at a hospital in Illinois are competing this Halloween in the best dressed contest.

October 25, 2017

Man killed elderly woman, dressed up as her to cash checks, cops say

An Illinois man, who was charged Monday with the two-decades old murder of a 71-year-old woman, allegedly disguised himself as the elderly victim on multiple occasions and forged her signature to cash checks, officials said.

October 24, 2017

Man who threatened to 'blow Trump's brains out' charged

A man who repeatedly contacted the U.S. Secret Service to threaten President Donald Trump’s life was charged in federal court Tuesday.

October 24, 2017

White privilege bolstered by teaching math, university professor says

An Illinois professor argues in a newly published book for math educators that the ability to solve geometry and algebra problems perpetuates white privilege.

October 24, 2017

Father of three gunned down in possible road rage killing

A father of three was gunned down after getting lost on his way home from a concert in Chicago — but, three weeks later, cops still haven’t identified a suspect in what they believe was a road-rage killing.

October 22, 2017

Wooden box linked to Abraham Lincoln's early political days is donated for posterity

A simple wooden box reportedly made from a tree stump on which Abraham Lincoln delivered one of his first political speeches has been donated to a historical society in a central Illinois village.

October 20, 2017

Police, community say goodbye to dying K9 officer

A K9 officer who served the communities of East Alton and Wood River, Ill., for eight years was laid to rest on Wednesday.

October 18, 2017

Federal worker busted on online child pornography charges

A federal employee living in Illinois was arrested Monday after he allegedly tried to entice young girls on the internet to send him illicit pictures and threatened them with rape and violence.