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Ice Cube performs with Public Enemy during the Kings of the Mic Tour in Durham, North Carolina, Sunday, June 16, 2013. (Scott Sharpe/Raleigh News& Observer/MCT)

[Photo] Rap icon Ice Cube to perform at SIU in April

By Staff report
March 12, 2018
A special agent with the California Department of Justice walks a student from the Discovery Montessori school to her parents after being on lock-down because a suspect in the multiple shootings of officers in Sacramento and Placer County on Friday, Oct. 24, 2014. A suspect armed with a rifle left one Sacramento shefiff's deputy dead, a motorist gravely injured, and two Placer Conty sheriff's deputies wounded in a 30-mile crime spree. (Hector Amezcua/Sacramento Bee/MCT)

[Photo] 5 dead after shooting at elementary school in Northern California

By Frank Shyong, Jaclyn Cosgrove and Sonali Kohli | Los Angeles Times
November 14, 2017
Emmett Farmer, 51, father of Flint Farmer, poses for portrait with a poster at his home in Sauk Village, Illinois, October 21, 2011. Flint Farmer, 29, was unarmed when he was shot and killed by a police officer in June. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune/MCT)

[Photo] After shooting by Chicago police, family seeks special prosecutor for 2011 killing

By Jeremy Gorner | Chicago Tribune
August 31, 2017
A portion of Harvey Cedars, on the bay side of Long Beach Island on the New Jersey shore, is under water, October 30, 2012, after Hurricane Sandy blew across the New Jersey barrier islands. This portion of the road is in Harvey Cedar. (Clem Murray/Philadelphia Inquirer/MCT)

[Photo] Harvey 2017: What conditions can residents expect with a Category 3 hurricane?

By Sarah M Tuley and Beatriz Alvarado | Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Texas
August 24, 2017
Michigan State's Derrick Nix and Adreian Payne hold Valparaiso's Kevin Van Wijk off a first-half rebound during the men's NCAA basketball tournament at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan, Thursday, March 21, 2013. The Michigan State Spartans defeated the Valparaiso Crusaders, 65-54. (Julian H. Gonzalez/Detroit Free Press/MCT)

[Photo] Missouri Valley extends invitation to Valparaiso to join conference

May 9, 2017
New York Yankees left fielder Jerry Hairston Jr. (17) catches a pop up by Baltimore Orioles' Ty Wigginton in the fourth inning at Yankees Stadium in Bronx, New York. The Orioles defeated the Yankees, 7-3. (John Dunn/Newsday/MCT)

[Photo] 23 Salukis eligible for 2017 MLB June Amateur Draft

By Denton "Gio" Giovenco
May 3, 2017
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin celebrates his defeat of Republican challenger Jim Oberweis at his election night party at the Westin River North in Chicago on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/MCT)

[Photo] Law proposed to increase speed limit on interstates and highways

By Don O'Brien | Belleville News-Democrat
February 22, 2017
(Paul Moseley/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT)

[Photo] Service project calls for plastic bag donations to help the homeless

By Marnie Leonard
November 20, 2016
Kansas City Royals relief pitcher Jason Frasor throws in the seventh inning against the Cleveland Indians on Friday, July 25, 2014, at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. The Royals won 6-4. (John Sleezer/Kansas City Star/MCT)

[Photo] SIU athletics announces 2017 Hall of Fame class

By Sean Carley
November 17, 2016
Rose Garcia-Corrigan and her daughters A'isha, left 4, and Tziphorah, 1, at their Kissimmee, Florida, home on Oct. 31, 2013. Rose, a Muslim, believes that she was the victim of a hate crime after another driver tried to run her off of the road while mocking her head scarf. (Jacob Langston/Orlando Sentinel/MCT)

[Photo] FBI hate-crime report sees 67 percent surge in attacks on Muslims

By Hannah Allam | McClatchy Washington Bureau
November 14, 2016
Koby Altman served as (Chris Lee/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/MCT)

[Photo] Son of former SIU men’s basketball coach dies at 15

By Kellis Robinett | Wichita Eagle
November 2, 2016
Alice Hayden plays video games with her children, 11-year-old Benjamin Hayden and 9-year-old Madeline Hayden, in their Orlando, Fla. home, Aug. 14, 2014. Experts say that, although more women have cracked video gaming's predominantly male work force, the business still has a gender gap. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/MCT)

[Photo] Video gambling has hot hand in Illinois

By Becky Yerak | Chicago Tribune
October 21, 2016
Protester Walter Rice, 75, a life-long Ferguson resident and Vietnam veteran waves, a U.S. flag in front of the Ferguson police department on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/MCT)

[Photo] San Francisco police to implement reforms after report on violence against minorities

By Los Angeles Times
October 12, 2016
Hours before Tuesday's deadline, Congress and the White House had yet to begin serious negotiations over next year's budget, threatening a government shutdown that could delay Social Security payments, shutter national parks, museums and monuments and furlough hundreds of thousands of employees, Sept. 30, 2013. The Senate flatly rejected a House of Representatives proposal to keep the government funded through Dec. 15 but delay implementation of the contentious federal health care law. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)

[Photo] U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood addresses tax reform, NAFTA status and the national opioid crisis

October 19, 2017
Rob stands next to a self-portrait or a body trace where one side depicts reality and the other side depicts perception, June 26, 2012, in Elgin, Illinois. He made this artwork while at Roger Memorial Hospital where he was being treated for an eating disorder in 2011. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune/MCT)

[Photo] Eating disorders — possible causes, warning signs and treatment options at SIU

By Marnie Leonard
September 16, 2016
Office/environmental portrait of Dennis FitzSimons. (Bill Hogan/Chicago Tribune/MCT)

[Photo] Editorial: Effort to change Illinois’ political map-making process must continue

By Rockford Register Star, Ill.
September 14, 2016
Then-New York Rep. Anthony Weiner leaves the press conference he called to announce his resignation Thursday, June 16, 2011 in New York City, New York. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/MCT)

[Photo] Trump has called Anthony Weiner a ‘sleazeball,’ but also given to his campaigns

By Seema Mehta | Los Angeles Times
August 30, 2016
Former Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine speaks at 2012 Democratic National Convention at the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012. (Harry E. Walker/MCT)

[Photo] Column: We need candidates who will offer real change to African-Americans

By Solomon Jones | Philadelphia Daily News
August 25, 2016
Then-Gov. Pat Quinn, left, and then-gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner are seen before the start of their debate at the ABC station in Chicago on Monday, Oct. 20, 2014. (Nuccio DiNuzzo/Chicago Tribune/MCT)

[Photo] Editorial: At last, criminal justice reforms in Illinois. Don’t blow it

By Chicago Tribune editorial board
August 25, 2016
Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs. (Michael Tercha/Chicago Tribune/MCT)

[Photo] Why life insurance benefits have sometimes gone unpaid in Illinois

By Becky Yerak | Chicago Tribune
August 25, 2016
Gov. Bruce Rauner declares victory at his election night celebration at the Hilton on Nov. 4, 2014 in Chicago. (Brian Cassella, Chicago Tribune/MCT)

[Photo] Rauner goes after Democratic ‘machine’ at state fair

By Rick Pearson and Monique Garcia | Chicago Tribune
August 18, 2016
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan holds a press conference in Chicago on Nov. 21, 2011. (Nancy Stone/Chicago Tribune/MCT)

[Photo] New Illinois law makes changes in investigation, prosecution of rape cases

By Beth Hundsdorfer | Belleville News-Democrat
August 15, 2016
People pose with the Olympic rings inside Olympic Park at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/MCT)

[Photo] Birthplace of Olympians: 29 who vied for gold born in this Illinois city

By John Keilman | Chicago Tribune
August 13, 2016
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