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Sports
3 weeks ago
White Sox chairman Reinsdorf officiates wedding of former Rookie of Year Kittle during game

“He’s so superstitious he might marry somebody today in the bottom of the third,” Kittle, the 1983 AL Rookie of the Year, said Saturday about Reinsdorf.

Wrigley Field in Chicago
Sports
3 weeks ago
Cubs place reliever Milner on IL with appendicitis

“We’re fortunate that he’s OK,” Counsell said. “We’re probably looking at four to six weeks.”

Local
4 weeks ago
Illinois food assistance error rate continues to grow as federal penalties loom

State plans to hire hundreds of employees to meet federal requirements.

Major League Baseball
Sports
4 weeks ago
MLB’s draft overhaul would limit choices for teen players — and be a boon for colleges

Owners recently proposed banning high school players from signing with major league teams, raising the age for international amateurs and slashing the money spent on signing bonuses in negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement.

Pope Leo
Sports
4 weeks ago
Pope Leo XIV receives World Series baseball from former White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski

Leo is a White Sox fan dating to his days growing up in Chicago.

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Sports
4 weeks ago
Illini’s Kylan Boswell signs with Charlotte Hornets after NBA draft

Boswell, who went undrafted in the 2026 NBA draft, was a key player in Illinois’ Final Four run.

United Way of Central Illinois
Local
4 weeks ago
United Way invests $1.3M in central Illinois programs to support families

The organization has guaranteed funding for the next three years, giving programs long-term support to expand services.

The Illinois secretary of state’s office in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
Local
4 weeks ago
New Illinois driving test age requirements start July 1

The 2025 law raises mandatory driving test age for older drivers.

A man spends the last three dollars in his pocket playing a bar slot machine in downstate Golconda on June 4, and then leaves. (Credit: Julia Rendleman for Capitol News Illinois)
IL State News
4 weeks ago
Addicted to gambling in Illinois: ‘Someone has decided they can make money off you’

People in Illinois lost more than $7.7 billion gambling last year. As lawmakers increasingly bet on gambling to pay the state’s bills, they have only spare change to treat compulsive gamblers.

Chicago Blackhawks
Sports
4 weeks ago
Byram says he’s ready for his new opportunity as the No. 1 defenseman for the Blackhawks

“To be honest, I feel like I’ve just been preparing for an opportunity like this for a long time,” Byram said Wednesday.

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