Moms deliver anti-gun violence message virtually
— June 5, 2020Several events will be conducted in area communities as part of Moms Demand Action’s Wear Orange events to prevent gun violence. Orange is the color that the friends of Chicago teen…
Tag: Gun Violence
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Art seen as way to impact gun violence
— May 26, 2020A Chicago-based organization is looking to use art to curb the gun violence plaguing communities across the nation. The National Youth Art Movement Against Gun Violence is developing…
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For Aurora’s top cop, Pratt victims remain close to her heart
— February 14, 2020For 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…
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New Illinois gun dealer regulations go into effect today
— January 17, 2020New 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…
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Congressional reps hear ideas to curb gun violence
— October 15, 2019Brenda 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…
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Chicago police probe fatal shootings
— April 15, 2020Chicago 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…
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Peoria County news briefs
— February 5, 2020EAST 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…
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Peoria’s 25 homicides in 2019 sets record
— January 8, 2020On 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…
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