(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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WSIL — If you need to get things done to winterize your home in preparation of bitterly cold air and potentially a little snow.

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After investigating for more than a year, the House committee probing the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol on Monday culminated its sweeping investigation by announcing it would make multiple criminal referrals to the Department of Justice against former President Donald Trump on multiple charges related to his actions surrounding riot at the Capitol.

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Sam Bankman-Fried, who is facing charges in the U.S. following the collapse of his cryptocurrency company, FTX, is willing to waive his right to deny extradition to the U.S., a lawyer for the disgraced cryptocurrency executive said Monday after a chaotic court hearing that did not go according to plan.

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A bill requiring stricter safety rules in response to the 2018 sinking of a Missouri tourist boat that killed 17 people passed the Senate on Thursday.

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