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Spree Killings, Prison Demolition, Iconic Bar Closes: 2024 Top Stories
Explore some of the milestones, controversies and moments of resilience that defined 2024 in Illinois.

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Explore some of the milestones, controversies and moments of resilience that defined 2024 in Illinois.

Carrie Chapman Catt Local Leadership Award 2024

Former Mettawa mayor Edward FitzSimons led with wit, wisdom, and a deep love for his family.
Mastodon fossil reveals Ice Age clues. A bear shot by a hunter falls on another and kills him. What is going on with California’s squirrels?
Wacky plays on the Times Square Ball Drop feature descending muskrats, opossums, fish, cheese and a drag queen in a red high-heeled shoe.
A 31-year-old Zion man was convicted in a pair of Lake County cases, including a Waukegan shootout that wounded him and another man in 2022.
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The LWV is urging President Biden to instruct the US Archivist to certify and publish ERA, making equal rights the law of the land.