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CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Police Department says officers have seized more than 9,600 illegal guns so far this year and is on a pace to recover about 900 more guns than were taken off the city’s streets in 2017. The department has made a concerted effort in recent years to find as many

ROSEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A farmer who was among the first to legally grow hemp in Illinois following its legalization this year believes the plant could be the state’s next big cash crop. Hemp comes from the same plant as marijuana but doesn’t have THC, the compound that causes a

CHICAGO (AP) — Wells Fargo will pay Illinois nearly $11 million to resolve claims the bank violated state consumer protection laws by opening unauthorized accounts and using manipulative sales practices. Attorney General Lisa Madigan said Friday Illinois is part of a $575 million settlement

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Peoria’s police chief says investigators don’t see connections between numerous recent shootings that have pushed the city’s number of criminal homicides for 2018 pass the combined total for the two previous years. The city saw its 22nd criminal homicide of

ATLANTA – The Center for Disease Control and Prevention is warning the public about a cold-like virus that can be dangerous to children and some adults. According to the CDC, respiratory syncytial virus is a common respiratory virus that may look like the flu or cold but is actually the

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago man charged with killing his 67-year-old mother and dumping her body in a garbage can has been ordered held without bail. Robert Wallace appeared in court Thursday on a charge of first-degree murder. Police say the 25-year-old was arrested on the city’s Far South

CHICAGO (AP) — Democratic Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker has named an outgoing Republican state representative and a former Democratic state senator to key positions in his administration. Pritzker said Thursday that GOP Rep. David Harris of Arlington Heights will be director of the Illinois

CHICAGO (AP) — A transgender woman serving a 10-year sentence in Illinois for burglary has been moved from a men’s to a women’s prison in what is a rare accommodation by state prison authorities, her lawyers announced Thursday. Deon “Strawberry” Hampton , 27, was moved

VALPARAISO, Ind. — Two dogs that escaped death when a northwestern Indiana veterinarian refused their owner’s request to have the healthy canines euthanized have found a new home together with an Illinois couple. A rescue group said that the man who had owned Sam, a pointer, and Cosmo, a

CHICAGO (AP) — U.S. District Court in Chicago is among the federal courts nationwide suspending civil cases where one party is the federal government. Chief U.S. District Judge Ruben Castillo issued a Wednesday order suspending all such civil litigation for two weeks because of the government