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Colton Miller's Batman costume hangs in the laundry room of his mother's house in Joliet. He was shot to death by his father before he had a chance to wear the costume.

A man with a revoked gun license killed his 18-month-old son in Joliet. Here’s how he and thousands of others slipped through the system.

February 14, 2020 at 9:31 a.m.

By the time Christopher Miller showed up at his estranged wife's backdoor in September 2019 with a pistol in his waistband, state authorities already had declared him too dangerous to...

Traffic moves along the Eisenhower Expressway toward downtown Chicago on Jan. 7, 2019.

Illinois loses population for 6th straight year — and it lost more residents than any state this decade

January 2, 2020 at 10:44 a.m.

Illinois' population decreased in 2019 by an estimated 51,250 people, or 0.4%, marking the sixth consecutive year the state has lost residents, according to new data from the U.S. Census...

A house in the 400 block of West 127th Street is boarded up after an overnight fire that killed a 60-year-old man and left one elderly woman in critical condition on Dec. 15, 2019, in the West Pullman neighborhood of Chicago.

1 dead, 4 others critically injured in separate residential fires on Far South Side

December 15, 2019 at 3:37 p.m.

Two separate fires on the Far South Side of Chicago between Saturday night and Sunday morning resulted in critical injuries to five people, one of whom later died of his...

One dead after fiery early morning single-vehicle crash in Chicago’s South Loop

December 15, 2019 at 1:52 p.m.

One person was killed in a single-vehicle crash in Chicago's South Loop early Sunday morning, which required the response of both the city's police and fire departments because the vehicle...

Kitchen appliances were removed without residents' consent at a shelter owned by Advocate United Church of Christ in Chicago. A turned-off refrigerator sits inside the kitchen in June.

How a Chicago church’s attempt to help the homeless went downhill, leaving residents without heat just before the polar vortex

November 26, 2019 at 7:18 a.m.

Two men dragged a refrigerator across the kitchen, tipping it out the side door of a two-story home on Chicago's Southeast Side. A third man used pliers to snap a...

Sadie Joseph, left, and Bernida Davenport appear outside St. Agatha Catholic Church after attending a news conference introducing a water and sewer bills relief program, on Nov. 1, 2019. They underscored that while assistance programs are beneficial, people often are reluctant to ask for help.

Low-income Chicagoans could see water bills cut in half, get debt relief under Lightfoot plan

November 4, 2019 at 9:22 a.m.

Low-income Chicagoans could get a 50% discount on their combined water and sewer bills under a proposal by Mayor Lori Lightfoot that also offers debt relief to customers who are...

Liz Villalobos, left, and Carla Thacker hang out on the back deck of their Munster, Indiana, home following work on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019. The couple previously lived in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood.

There’s a lot of talk about an ‘Illinois exodus.’ We took a closer look at the reality behind the chatter.

September 25, 2019 at 11:55 a.m.

Perhaps you've seen the memes, the ones that poke fun at Illinois and encourage thoughts of moving away. In one, a marijuana plant appears alongside the message, "Illinois: We'll keep...

People walk on the west side of the 500 block of North Michigan Avenue Saturday, June 24, 2017, in Chicago.

Chicago-area counties grow older and less white, new census data shows

June 20, 2019 at 12:51 p.m.

The population of Cook County and six nearby suburban counties grew older and less white in the last year, reflecting broader national trends, according to new demographic information from the...

Emergency vehicles are staged near a commercial building where an active shooter was reported in the 600 block of Archer Avenue in Aurora on Feb. 15, 2019.

Illinois gun licensing bill prompted by Aurora mass shooting fails, but supporters vow to bring it back

June 2, 2019 at 9:38 a.m.

A major gun licensing reform bill will not make it out of the Illinois legislature this session. Backers of the "Fix the FOID" act, which was largely a response to...

The Illinois House debates a bill requiring gun license applicants to be fingerprinted during the Illinois General Assembly's spring session at the State Capitol in Springfield on May 29, 2019.

What you should know about the gun reforms awaiting a vote by the Illinois Senate

May 31, 2019 at 7:32 a.m.

With Illinois' legislative session rapidly winding down, Democratic lawmakers were pushing Thursday to secure votes needed to pass significant changes to the state's gun licensing procedures — over the objections...

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