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DeWon Griffin was sentenced Monday in McLean County for his role in the 2019 murder of Tariq Houston at a party in Normal.

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In 2014, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter received an honorary degree from Illinois College in Jacksonville. He visited the ...

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From charismatic macrofauna to tiny sea squirts, here are some species formally identified by scientists in 2024.