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18 hours ago
Wheaton snaps Mount Union’s 85-game, regular-season win streak by blocking a PAT in closing seconds

Wheaton also snapped Mount Union’s streak of 38 straight season-opening wins in their Division III matchup.

A farmer applies fertilizer to his field.
Local
18 hours ago
Farmers face high input costs ahead of harvest season

Fertilizer, fuel and equipment expenses squeeze budgets before crops are sold.

A Chicago Transit Authority bus leaves a stop on the city’s North Side. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams)
IL State News
18 hours ago
Northern Illinois Transit Authority launches despite downstate funding concerns

NITA takes over CTA, Metra and Pace services.

Bank merger
Local
2 days ago
A new name for banking in Springfield

Parent companies of Hickory Point, First Financial are combining.

The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services says it can withhold details of the death of a child in its care until a criminal investigation and trial are completed, which can take years. (File photo/Capitol News Illinois)
Local
3 days ago
State audit finds child protection agency made progress, but was still noncompliant with 2020 law

DCFS points to improvements in two-year period since 2022 audit.

Former NBA center Enes Kanter Freedom greets a friend before a WNBA basketball game between the Indiana Fever and the Chicago Sky, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Sports
3 days ago
Sky owner Michael Alter calls Enes Kanter Freedom lawsuit ‘meritless and frivolous’

Freedom is alleging that his First Amendment rights were violated when he was ejected from the Sky’s WNBA game against the Indiana Fever on Aug. 23.

Chicago White Sox's Kyle Teel watches his pop up during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins Friday, Sept. 4, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
Sports
3 days ago
White Sox activate catcher Kyle Teel from 10-day injured list

Teel was activated from the 10-day injured list on Friday, and fellow catcher Drew Romo was optioned to Triple-A Charlotte.

Pork tenderloin sandwich
Local
3 days ago
‘Tenderloin Crawl’ celebrates Illinois pork

Anyone who has a pork tenderloin from at least eight of the eleven participating restaurants will get a T-shirt and a chance to win a $50 gift card.

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