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One more dinger, Albert, for old time's sake.

Stacker compiled a list of books set in Illinois from Goodreads.

Federal legislation intended to make it harder to overturn presidential elections moves closer to becoming law. Opponents of the SAFE-T Act in Illinois fight to prevent some aspects of the law from taking effect in the new year.

This week, our first place winner is an anonymous comment about Texas’s content moderation law, responding to the claim on Twitter that Wikipedia could easily comply with it by being more open and transparent: Tell me you don’t understand how Wikipedia works without telling me you don’t understand how Wikipedia works. I mean, Wikipedia is […]

The New York Times reveals why the Supreme Court has become so distrusted of late: The actual cause of its historic unpopularity is no secret. Over the past several years, the court has been transformed into a judicial arm of the Republican Party. Yep. The modern Republican Party consists of three branches: the Supreme Court, ...continue reading "The Supreme Court is now the third branch of the Republican Party"

Police still do not know where the 18-year-old was shot.

The victim was shot in the ankle and the side, police said.

COLLINSVILLE – The Illinois State Police is investigating a fatal hit-and-run on Interstate 55 where a truck tractor semi-trailer struck a pedestrian. At 8:50 p.m. on October 1, 2022, the Illinois State Police (ISP) responded to Interstate 55 southbound at milepost 8 for a pedestrian who had been hit by a vehicle. Troopers learned the pedestrian, an adult female, was entering her disabled vehicle on the right shoulder when she was struck by a Truck tractor semi-trailer (TTST). The TTST did not stop and was last seen driving south on Interstate 55 from the scene. The pedestrian sustained life-threatening injuries and was pronounced deceased at an area hospital. The investigation is active and ongoing and no further information is available at this time. ISP is asking anyone with information reference this traffic crash to call ISP at 618-571-4124 or Crimestoppers at 314-725-8477 (TIPS). Witnesses can remain anonymous. The public is reminded all persons are innocent until proven

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A man was shot in the face multiple times. A woman was shot in the arm, police said.

A 31-year-old man was found in the 1600 block of Arlington Avenue.

Driver ran away after striking a woman on the side of the road on I-55, police said.

The man was found dead Thursday afternoon in a backyard in the city's Greater Ville neighborhood.

Stacker investigated the former jobs of the governor in Illinois using information from a variety of news and other sources.