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Sports
2 weeks ago
Jacobo Echeverria Lozano, Antonio Harris propel Purdue to 24-17 victory over Illinois

The win also snapped Purdue’s 19-game Big Ten losing streak.

Southern Illinois University Football
Sports
2 weeks ago
Brungard points the way for Youngstown State in 28-16 win over Southern Illinois

DJ Williams threw for 288 yards and was intercepted once, and Kyle Thomas caught eight passes for 155 yards for the Salukis (3-3, 1-1).

Illinois State University
Sports
2 weeks ago
Josh Holst, Myles Green spark South Dakota State to 31-14 victory over Illinois State

Roy totaled 141 yards on 16-for-32 passing with two interceptions for Illinois State.

Chicago White Sox manager Will Venable smiles while taking questions in a postgame news conference after a win over the Cleveland Guardians in Game 1 of baseball's American League Division Series, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Tim Phillis)
Sports
2 weeks ago
White Sox stick with bullpen plan: Anthony Kay to open AL Division Series Game 2 vs. Guardians

Anthony Kay will be the opener for Game 2 on Monday at Progressive Field.

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Crime
2 weeks ago
Police say woman fatally stabbed 7-year-old girl walking in Chicago

The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the child as Edi Mari Hernandez Chacon. She died at a hospital.

Chicago Bears quarterback Tyson Bagent celebrates a victory over the New York Jets as he walks off the field following an NFL football game Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Sports
2 weeks ago
Keenum makes ‘ceremonial first pitch’ for the Bears before Bagent takes over at QB against the Jets

Keenum got the start at quarterback for Sunday’s 23-12 victory over the New York Jets. But he was replaced by Bagent after one play.

Joanna Isitt, 28, reads with her son, Xavier Rogers, 4, before teaching her Head Start class at Hometown Child Care on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026, in Aurora, Ill. (AP Photo/Octavio Jones)
Education
2 weeks ago
Trump administration’s proposal could make it easier to suspend or expel Head Start students

“With these supports in place, I feel like he has grown tremendously,” said Xavier’s mom, Joanna Isitt, a Head Start teacher herself.

FILE - Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert departs the federal courthouse, in Chicago. on June 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Christian K. Lee, File)
IL State News
2 weeks ago
Dennis Hastert, longtime Republican House speaker who went to prison, dies at age 84

In the late 1990s, Hastert was a little-known Illinois lawmaker with a reputation for congeniality that had helped him ascend the ranks of congressional leaders.

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IL State News
3 weeks ago
Report: New data centers could create more than 120K Illinois jobs, though mostly temporary

Energy, environmental advocates remain skeptical data centers will provide significant, lasting benefits.

Six 1-ounce and 20 100-gram gold bars valued at just over $318,000 pictured before the victim packaged them at the direction of “Kevin Jones” and handed them over in the Marion Walmart parking lot. (Capitol News Illinois illustration; Homeland Security Investigations affidavit filed in federal court, Photo by Soph Levinson, Saluki Local Reporting Lab)
Crime
3 weeks ago
Marion woman duped out of $318K in elaborate gold-bar scheme

The scammers planned for a second $272K drop, telling her to hand over the gold to a federal agent who would give the code word ‘poker queen.’ This time, she called their bluff.

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