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Former Air Force reservist Michael Thomas says he doesn't know why a special review board denied his application for a concealed carry license.

Denied concealed carry applicants not guaranteed to benefit from new rules

May 21, 2019 at 12:25 p.m.

Applicants who were denied concealed carry permits by a special review board before Thursday, when the Illinois State Police changed the rules governing the board's procedures, are not guaranteed to...

Concealed carry applicants to get more information about rejections

May 21, 2019 at 12:23 p.m.

Citing a flood of lawsuits from applicants who were denied concealed carry permits because of objections from local law enforcement that were shrouded in secrecy, the Illinois State Police announced...

Keith Cozart, right, also knows as the rapper Chief Keef, exits the Lake County Courthouse in Waukegan with friends Friday after being arraigned for a DUI arrest.

Arrest warrant for Chief Keef in child support case

May 21, 2019 at 12:23 p.m.

A warrant for the arrest of Chief Keef was issued Monday by a Cook County judge after the rapper failed to appear in court on a child support case. Judge...

Taste of Chicago hoping Sunday provides rebound from Saturday rainout

May 21, 2019 at 12:21 p.m.

The sun shone bright and hot over Taste of Chicago on its final day Sunday as vendors hoped to rebound from a rare closure of the festival earlier in the...

Taste of Chicago hoping Sunday provides rebound from Saturday rainout

December 23, 2018 at 6:36 p.m.

The sun shone bright and hot over Taste of Chicago on its final day Sunday as vendors hoped to rebound from a rare closure of the festival earlier in the...

Rep. Alan J. Dixon of Belleville is shown at a general budget meeting at the capitol building in Springfield, Illinois, June 22, 1961. baiduhai file photo. (Senator)

Former Sen. Alan Dixon dead at 86. ‘He took really great care of people’

May 21, 2019 at 12:13 p.m.

During much his two terms as a U.S. senator, in the 1980s and early 1990s, Alan Dixon was the locally minded counterpart to then-Sen. Paul Simon, always angling for the...

Flood of lawsuits over concealed carry denials

June 18, 2018 at 9:05 a.m.

After taking a firearms training course, paying a host of fees, and submitting fingerprints for a background check that he ultimately passed, Michael Thomas was puzzled when he was notified...

Former Air Force reservist Michael Thomas says he doesn't know why a special review board denied his application for a concealed carry license. "I have never been arrested or convicted of any offense, either misdemeanor or felony, in the state of Illinois or any other state," Thomas said in a follow-up letter to state police. "I have no criminal record of any type."

Flood of lawsuits over concealed carry denials

November 3, 2021 at 8:58 p.m.

After taking a firearms training course, paying a host of fees, and submitting fingerprints for a background check that he ultimately passed, Michael Thomas was puzzled when he was notified...

Flood of lawsuits over concealed carry denials

September 9, 2018 at 9:23 a.m.

After taking a firearms training course, paying a host of fees, and submitting fingerprints for a background check that he ultimately passed, Michael Thomas was puzzled when he was notified...

U.S. Senate candidate Jim Oberweis, shown in April, said today that rival Sen. Dick Durbin 'bullied' Walgreen Co.

Oberweis calls on Durbin to agree to 7 debates

May 21, 2019 at 12:07 p.m.

State Sen. Jim Oberweis, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, on Tuesday called for his Democratic opponent, Sen. Dick Durbin, to agree to participate in seven debates. The Durbin campaign...

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