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This Illinois city is the 2nd loneliest in the US, recent analysis reveals
Loneliness is something you can struggle with no matter where you live.
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This Illinois city is the 2nd loneliest in the US, recent analysis reveals
Loneliness is something you can struggle with no matter where you live. Some places might feel more isolating than others, however. When it comes to loneliness, one Illinois city sits toward the top of the list. Danville, Illinois, a city of around 29,000 residents in the east-central part of the state, was named the second-loneliest city in the U.S, according…
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Residents in downstate Illinois county to vote on non-binding referendum to separate state from Cook County
Residents in one southern Illinois county are slated to vote on a non-binding referendum in November that would explore separating Illinois from Cook County and gaining admission as a separate state.
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Huge sinkhole leads to closure of State Route 185 in central Illinois
Unsafe road conditions caused by a massive sinkhole prompted the Illinois Department of Transportation on Monday to shut down a portion of Illinois Route 185 in the central portion of the state.
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Illinois among 15 hardest states to pass a driver's test, according to recent study
The study from Zanes Law revealed that Illinois and Indiana are among the 15 hardest to pass a driver’s test in.
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These parts of Illinois are at the highest risk of an earthquake
After a 4.8-magnitude earthquake shook the densely populated New York City metropolitan area on Friday morning, questions arose about how common seismic events are elsewhere.
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A 4.8 magnitude earthquake just rattled the East Coast. When was Illinois' last quake?
A 4.8 magnitude earthquake shook New Jersey and the densely populated New York City metropolitan area Friday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said, with residents across Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maryland all reporting feeling the ground shake, NBC Chicago’s Christian Farr reports.
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A look back at the 2017 solar eclipse from southern Illinois
The path of totality for the 2024 solar eclipse will track through Carbondale in sourthern Illinois, like it did 2017
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A 4.8 magnitude earthquake just rattled the East Coast. When was Illinois' last quake?
Believe it or not, Illinois has seen its fair share of earthquakes.
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WATCH: Earthquake interrupts UN Security Council
Janti Soeripto, president of Save the Children, was speaking to the UN Security Council about humanitarian aid in Gaza in front of when a 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck Friday morning.
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Good Samaritan in Illinois stabbing spree said ‘human nature' made him help woman being attacked
Keith Fahrney was driving home from class in Rockford, Illinois, when he saw a woman being attacked by the man accused of killing four people and injuring seven others during a stabbing spree.
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Family attacked in Illinois stabbing spree praises son, dog for saving their lives
A mother who was injured in an Illinois stabbing spree Wednesday said that if it wasn’t for her son, who was also attacked, she and her daughter might not have survived after the attacker entered their home.
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US Geological Survey reports minor earthquake in downstate Illinois
A minor earthquake was reported in downstate Illinois Thursday evening, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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Illinois to demolish, rebuild Stateville prison, Gov. Pritzker announces
The state of Illinois will tear down and reconstruct Stateville Correctional Center in Will County, as well as Logan Correctional Center in downstate Lincoln, under a $900 million capital funding plan publicized on Friday by Gov. J.B. Pritzker. Both investments will “begin to address years of disinvestment in facilities built almost a century ago,” saving Illinois hundreds of millions in…
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Police investigate explicit fake images of high school students generated by AI
A sophomore at Richmond Burton High School in Illinois said what she discovered this week was disturbing, alarming and upsetting.
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Suburban police investigating cases of fake explicit images of high school students generated by A.I.
Police are now investigating after a student said someone took her prom picture online and altered the image into explicit content using A.I., NBC Chicago’s Vi Nguyen reports.
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Illinois Capitol on lockdown due to threat, police conducting sweep of building
The Illinois Capitol building was placed on lockdown Tuesday afternoon after police received notice of a threat involving the location, according to Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias.
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Two 3-year-olds, 5-year-old among several killed in western Illinois school bus crash
Tragedy struck a western Illinois community on Monday when a school bus collided with a semi, killing a total of five people, including two 3-year-old boys and a 5-year-old girl, authorities said.
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Vehicle recovered from northern Illinois river tied to 1970s cold case disappearance
A car connected to the cold case disappearance of two men in the 1970s was pulled from a Winnebago County river on Monday afternoon, according to WREX, the NBC affiliate in Rockford. Winnebago County Sheriff Gary Garuana told WREX that a 1966 Chevy Impala was recovered from the Pecatonica River in Pecatonica, a community of around 2,000 about 15 miles…
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Two 3-year-olds, 5-year-old among several killed in western Illinois school bus crash
Tragedy struck a western Illinois community on Monday when a school bus collided with a semi, killing a total of five people, including two 3-year-old boys and a 5-year-old girl, authorities said. The crash happened at around 11:30 a.m. in Rushville, a community of about 3,000 residents roughly 60 miles from Springfield. The bus was traveling eastbound when it crossed…