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Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center (File photo by Whitney Curtis for ProPublica & Capitol News Illinois)
IL State News
2 hours ago
State to lay off hundreds at troubled southern Illinois mental health facility

Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center to reduce patient population, staff amid operational changes.

Blue police barrier with white stencil text: 'POLICE LINE - DO NOT CROSS' and 'CHICAGO POLICE DEPT'; police cars in background indicating a crime scene or checkpoint.
Crime
3 hours ago
How the lighthearted social media trend of ‘teen takeovers’ took a serious turn

Over the July 4 holiday weekend, several thousand young people converged in two spots in Raleigh, North Carolina, police said.

WNBA
IL State News
3 hours ago
WNBA to add an NBA-style replay center next season in a major officiating investment

Engelbert said that a lot of the details on the replay center still need to be worked out, although she said, as of now, the last two-minute report that the NBA has won’t be used in the WNBA yet.

FILE - The WNBA logo is seen near a hoop before an WNBA basketball game at Mohegan Sun Arena, Tuesday, May 14, 2019, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)
Sports
3 hours ago
An emotional Jonquel Jones wins WNBA All-Star MVP, dedicates honor to late aunt

“My aunt meant a lot to me, she was one of the matriarchs in our family,” Jones said.

Paris, France - Dec 28, 2024: A person flipping through Time magazine, featuring Caitlin Clark as Athlete of the Year with a basketball, alongside the CEO of the Year page.
Sports
3 hours ago
Caitlin Clark’s whirlwind All-Star weekend: Meeting Obama, then lighting up the game

This was Clark’s first traditional All-Star Game; she missed last year’s in Indianapolis because she was injured.

The Byron Nuclear Generating Station in Ogle County, Illinois. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Andrew Campbell)
IL State News
2 days ago
These 9 Illinois communities say they’re interested in new nuclear facilities

The state lifted its moratorium on new nuclear facilities, but development could still be decades away.

Illinois election officials say the incidence of noncitizens voting in Illinois elections is extremely rare. (Capitol News Illinois file photo by Peter Hancock)
Local
2 days ago
Here’s how Illinois election authorities guard against noncitizen voting

Officials say safeguards are in place prevent inadvertent registration.
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crime scene tape
Crime
2 days ago
Schools Closed, Buildings Sat Empty — And Gun Violence Rose, Study Finds

Taking into account factors like poverty rates and racial demographics to ensure researchers compared neighborhoods similarly, they saw that trends in gun violence near schools diverged after the 2013 school closures, with the areas near closed schools seeing a 10 percent uptick in violence.

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