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BETHALTO, Ill. (AP) — A report by Illinois regulators cites leadership failures by on-scene commanders in the March death of a southern Illinois firefighter who was killed while helping battle a house fire. Godfrey Fire Capt. Jake Ringering died and three other firefighters were injured March

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A proposal in Illinois to make daylight saving time permanent has some residents and business owners worried about the confusion it could cause at the Missouri border. Many people in the St. Louis area work on one side of the Mississippi River and live on the other,

CHICAGO (AP) — Prosecutors say a Michigan State University student home on break in Chicago was fatally shot by her boyfriend as he played with a gun in an apartment on the South Side. A judge on Monday ordered 18-year-old Lafayette Hodges held without bail. He faces involuntary manslaughter

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) — Fifty wind farms have opened in Illinois since 2003 and more are expected soon. The (Bloomington) Pantagraph reports that the state ranks sixth in the country with 2,778 operational wind turbines. Federal experts predict that the state could produce enough wind energy

CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities say a Michigan State University student was fatally shot in an apparent domestic incident that happened while she home on break in Chicago. Police say 19-year-old Lyniah Bell was shot in the head late Friday evening in an apartment on the city’s South Side.

  SPRINGFIELD (AP) – The start of 2020 will trigger more than 250 new Illinois laws.  The legalization of recreational pot is getting the most buzz, but laws affecting education, job applicants, crime, parents and the LGBTQ community are also being set into motion. That includes some

OAK FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a boy was wounded in accidental gunfire at a suburban Chicago gun range. Oak Forest police say the boy and his father were in a showroom at Eagle Sports Range on Saturday afternoon when someone accidentally shot a firearm. The boy was hit in the stomach

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago federal judge has sentenced an ex-member of the Satan Disciples street gang to 12 years in prison. The U.S. attorney’s office said in a Friday press release that agents arrested 44-year-old Efren Gutierrez in 2017 after uncovering illegal drugs and a loaded

HERRIN, Ill. (AP) — The deaths of a man and his young son in southern Illinois have been ruled a murder-suicide by authorities. Firefighters discovered their bodies early Christmas Day while putting out a blaze that gutted much of a house in the Williamson County city of Herrin. The Williamson

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago officials say $11.5 million in city sticker ticket debt has been forgiven since October. Nearly 11,500 motorists have applied for the program. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot touted it as one of her many initiatives to ease the burden on Chicago families. City residents