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Gov. J.B. Pritzker has authorized state licensing of firearms dealers after his Republican predecessor rejected the idea. The Democrat signed the law in…
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An Illinois high school student and her father are suing a school district and several administrators alleging her civil rights were violated when she…
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Six students from Chicago and its suburbs are among more than two dozen whose anti-violence activism has earned them Giffords Courage Fellowships to aid…
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A more than 4-hour police standoff ended peacefully today.Peoria Police were dispatched just before 10:00 this morning to the 1800 block of Forrest Hill…
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An autopsy has determined that a man fatally shot on Chicago's South Side by police was shot in the back.The Cook County Medical Examiner's office say…
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A northern Illinois school resource officer is being honored for stopping a gunman who fired shots inside a school while seniors gathered for graduation…
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Gov. Bruce Rauner's proposal to reinstate the death penalty for certain violent crimes and other changes he made to gun legislation will get a House…
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Authorities say a central Illinois man has died in an officer-involved shooting.Tazewell County Chief Deputy Jeff Lower says that officers went to a house…
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Illinois State Police are urging Firearm Owners Identification card holders to apply early as many come up for renewal.State Police Director Leo Schmitz…
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Members of the village board in the northern Chicago suburb of Deerfield have voted unanimously to ban certain semi-automatic firearms.The amendment to…