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Sports
7 months ago
Catcher Reese McGuire rejoins the Chicago White Sox on a $1.2 million, 1-year deal

McGuire spent last season with the Chicago Cubs, where he hit .226 with nine homers and 24 RBIs. He was with the White Sox during the 2022 season.

Chicago Blackhawks
Sports
7 months ago
Top prospect Anton Frondell, the No. 3 pick in 2025 NHL draft, is en route to Blackhawks

The Blackhawks signed Frondell to a three-year, entry-level contract last summer, then lent him to Djurgardens of the Swedish Hockey League, the country’s top league.

Illinois State University Redbirds
Sports
7 months ago
Illinois State beats Wake Forest 78-75, winning twice in NIT for first time in 30 years

Fourth-seeded Illinois State (22-12) heads to No. 2 seed Dayton for a campus-site quarterfinal.

Rahm Emanuel is a former Chicago mayor.
National
7 months ago
Rahm Emanuel proposes banning all federal employees from betting on prediction markets

Emanuel became White House chief of staff to President Barack Obama before being elected to two terms as Chicago mayor.

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.
Health & Wellness
7 months ago
Colorectal cancer kits available this week

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.

A father with children in the Carterville school district addresses officials during a board of education meeting about why they had not acted sooner to place an assistant football coach, accused of sexual abuse, on leave. (Photo by Lylee Gibbs, Saluki Local Reporting Lab)
Crime
7 months ago
Carterville coach at center of sexual abuse investigation has history of disciplinary action

Questions raised about whether district acted quickly enough in light of a 2009 suspension, more recent tips of misconduct.

Traci Barkley, director of Sola Gratia Farm, watches as staff load produce into the farm’s refrigerated delivery van, which was purchased with the support of funding from the Illinois’ Local Food Infrastructure Grant program. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Maggie Dougherty)
Agriculture
7 months ago
‘Illinois farmers can feed Illinois’: State grant program offers assistance

With advocates estimating that as much as 95% of food consumed in Illinois is imported, a state program aims to support the local supply chain.

Miss America Cassie Donegan visits the Old State Capitol in Springfield Friday afternoon.
Local
7 months ago
There she is! Miss America visits Springfield

“Pageantry within the world of Miss America is it’s a life changer. And it changes the trajectory for many.”