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More than 100 Springfield residents got a look at the inner operations of their police department at an open house at the city's police academy.Click to Continue »

An eastern Illinois museum that catalogues the history of a long-closed Air Force base and houses dozens of planes plans to close at the end of the year.Click to Continue »

The interim city manager in Ferguson is stepping down to work for another city in St. Louis County.Click to Continue »

An attorney for the family of a Northern Illinois University student who died after a party says five fraternity members charged in his death won't face jail time per plea…Click to Continue »

Police in the St. Louis suburb of St. Peters say the son of a woman missing since mid-April apparently killed himself around the time she disappeared.Click to Continue »

Lawyers for a former CIA officer convicted of leaking details of a secret mission to derail Iran's nuclear ambitions argued Friday that he deserves a light sentence similar to that…Click to Continue »

Chicagoans of Armenian descent and others have rallied to commemorate the deaths 100 years ago of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turks and to call for U.S. recognition…Click to Continue »

Hundreds of feet below the surface of the sea, a poster of the University of Missouri Golden Girls will soon hang near the black-and-gold themed "Flat Branch" galley aboard a…Click to Continue »

A St. Louis County man could face up to 10 years in prison after admitting to setting fire to a Ferguson business following a grand jury announcement that officer Darren…Click to Continue »

The Illinois House has passed a measure that restricts how long law enforcement agencies can keep data collected by automated license plate readers.Click to Continue »