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On the road again: Travelers emerge in time for Thanksgiving
By David Koenig
Associated Press
DALLAS (AP) — Determined to reclaim Thanksgiving traditions that were put on pause last year by the pandemic, millions of Americans will be loading up their cars or piling onto planes to gather again…
All 3 men charged in Arbery’s death convicted of murder
By Russ Bynum
Associated Press
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Jurors on Wednesday convicted the three white men charged in the death of Ahmaud Arbery, the Black man who was chased and fatally shot while running through their neighborhood in an…
Second Rockford shooting victim dies
ROCKFORD -- A second person struck by gunfire in Rockford has died.
The unidentified 38-year-old victim died Wednesday morning, after being shot at around 8:45 p.m. Tuesday on South Independence Avenue. He was one of six people struck by…
Violent night in Rockford leaves 1 dead and 5 wounded
ROCKFORD -- Rockford Police Chief Carla Redd is calling for the end to a recent string of violence as one person was killed and five others wounded Tuesday, Oct. 5, in three separate shootings.
"The senseless shootings and murders have…
Illinois is still not back to work a month after federal unemployment benefits expire
By Kyle Kimball
The Center Square
CHICAGO -- Nearly a month after the expiration of extended federal unemployment benefits, Illinois is still not close to being fully back to work.
Todd Maisch, president and CEO of the Illinois…