CHICAGO – An off-duty Chicago police officer was found dead in an apparent suicide Thursday morning, officials said, making him at least the third officer from the department to take their own life within a week.

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SPRINGFIELD — It was a strange year in Illinois government and politics.

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BENTON — A federal grand jury returned a six-count indictment charging Theresa Kelly, 56, of Herrin for engaging in a scheme to seek approved medical leave and reasonable accommodations from her former employer without valid documentation.

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(The Center Square) – The final hearing of Illinois’ proposed gun and magazine ban for the year is in the books, but more hearings are expected in the new year.

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(WSIL) — John A. Logan college plans to bring graduation and the Hunting and Fishing Day back to the Carterville campus in 2023.

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(WSIL) — On Wednesday, 49-year-old Christopher R. Grant pleaded guilty to state charges in the murder of Illinois State Trooper Nicholas Hopkins.

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With winter a day away, a strengthening pre-Christmas blizzard that experts say could become a bomb cyclone is set to bring heavy snow, strong wind gusts and plummeting temperatures to the Central and Northern Plains, Upper Midwest and Great Lakes this week.

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(The Center Square) – Republicans are now looking to the U.S. Supreme Court to help alleviate the crisis at the southern border.

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(The Center Square) – A powerful holiday-week winter storm will unfold across the country Thursday, unleashing snow and strong winds on Illinois. The timing of the storm could not be worse, as millions rush to finish their shopping and embark on their holiday travels.

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An estimated 1 in 3 American adults own at least one firearm. The most common reasons Americans cite for exercising their Second Amendment rights include personal protection, target shooting, and hunting.

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