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A Bloomington City Council member is calling for the formation of a special commission to address gun violence in the community.
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Byron Merriweather was 17 when he shot a man at Miller Park during a 2003 fight between rival Twin City gangs, a crime that netted the teen 70 years in…
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Nine people have died in Bloomington-Normal in gun violence this year. More than that tally have survived bullet wounds.The group Moms Demand Action for…
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Federal prosecutors announced sweeping indictments Tuesday against 15 alleged members of a Peoria street gang, including charges in the death of a Bradley…
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The long, hot, violent summer plaguing several Chicago south and west side neighborhoods continues. Last weekend alone, there were more than 50 shootings,…
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Cook County Juvenile Judge Colleen Sheehan is pushing a plan to establish a series of alternative "restorative justice" courts in Chicago that she hopes…
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Chicago has experienced a 70 percent increase in gun violence so far this year. What happens to the people left behind --the survivors -- and those who…
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Chicago is looking ahead to what may be one of its most violent summers on record. Incidents of gun violence are already running 70 percent higher than…
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Peoria police have arrested two more suspects in the slaying of a 14-year-old Peoria boy who was shot to death during a home invasion this month.…