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ASSOCIATED PRESS SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois officially placed the James R. Thompson Center that houses state government offices in downtown Chicago up for sale, state officials said Monday. Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Central Management Services took a step that has been in the works for years. Illinois officials have argued the 17-story building designed by celebrated architect Helmut Jahn is a drain on state finances because it's inefficient to operate and in need of hundreds of millions of dollars in repairs. "Selling the property provides a unique ...

ASSOCIATED PRESS AURORA, Ill. — A suburban Chicago man and a juvenile have been charged in connection with a violent carjacking that left a mother of two paralyzed, Aurora authorities announced Thursday. Kimberly Weibring was eating in her car parked outside a fast-food restaurant on Jan. 16 when at least two people attempted to carjack her SUV. The pair pulled Weibring out of her vehicle, shot her in the back and drove away in her vehicle. She was left lying in the parking lot with a shattered vertebra and a bullet lodged in her spinal cord, officials said. “This mother...

The state of Illinois reported that 30% of its adult population has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 on a day when mask guidelines received a major update. The Illinois Department of Public Health reported that 3,835,491 people — 30.10% of the adult population — had received full inoculation against the virus with two shots of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines or one shot of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. The news is another sign of Illinois' return to normality, coupled with new CDC recommendations on mask usage in outdoor settings. The agency said Tuesday that vaccinated peopl...

By Ray Bowden, USAFA Public Affairs / Published April 13, 2021 Dr. Shery Welsh, director of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research in Arlington, Virginia, speaks via livestream during the Air Force Academy's annual Research Awards Ceremony, April 6, 2021. The event took place in Fairchild with an audience of 30 cadets and faculty members and was livestreamed across the Academy, the AFOSR, and the Air Force Research Lab in Dayton, Ohio. Seated on the right are Brig. Gen. Linell Letendre, the Academy's dean of the faculty, and Chief Master Sgt. Sean Milligan, the dean of f...

26 U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. – Despite challenges the coronavirus created for the Defense Department and the U.S. over the last year, research at the Air Force Academy is still thriving and celebrated. Brig. Gen. Linell Letendre, the Academy's dean of the faculty, hosted the institution’s annual Research Awards Ceremony April 6 to highlight the research of cadets and faculty members over the last year. The ceremony took place in Fairchild Hall with an audience of 30 cadets and faculty members, and was livestreamed across the Academy, the Air Force Office of Scientifi...