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Chicago police probe fatal shootings

— April 15, 2020

Chicago police are investigating a rash of recent shootings, including four fatalities, and a man and his dog both being shot. A 37-year-old man died at Stroger Hospital after being…

For Aurora’s top cop, Pratt victims remain close to her heart
— February 14, 2020

For Kristen Ziman, thoughts of the victims of last year’s Henry Pratt Company shootings are never far away. The Aurora police chief has spoken around the country about her department’s…
New Illinois gun dealer regulations go into effect today
— January 17, 2020

New rules governing how retail gun dealers do business go into effect Friday, Jan. 17 and include the types of records they must keep, how weapons and ammunition are to be stored and…
Congressional reps hear ideas to curb gun violence
— October 15, 2019

Brenda Mitchell sent one of her sons, Kevin, off for a tour of duty in Afghanistan. It was her other son, Kenneth — living in south suburban University Park — whose life was tragically…
Gun violence in Peoria appears to be a cultural legacy
— September 3, 2019

It may seem like gun violence is a trend on the upswing in Peoria. But to those on the inside, gun violence is a cultural legacy, handed down to the young and impressionable…

Peoria County news briefs
— February 5, 2020

EAST PEORIA Train Fair comes rolling into ICC campus The Peoria Train Fair returns to the Illinois Central College East Peoria campus, Sunday, Feb. 16. The Train Fair, the last…
Peoria’s 25 homicides in 2019 sets record
— January 8, 2020

On Jan. 12, 2019 Kedron Murphy was shot five times and was pronounced dead at 6:30 that morning in the backyard of a south side home. Murphy’s murder was a bleak milestone in what…
Mayor Lightfoot, Congresswoman Kelly rip gun-control comments
— September 8, 2019

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (D-2nd) are among area leaders pushing back against comments U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) made about gun control and Chicago….