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2 months 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
2 months ago
Farmers face high input costs ahead of harvest season

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

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
2 months 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
2 months 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.

This photo provided by the Shedd Aquarium shows beluga whale Peekachu at the aquarium in Chicago, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026. (Shedd Aquarium via AP)
IL State News
2 months ago
2 more beluga whales die at Chicago aquarium, including 1 recently rescued from Canada

The third whale to die, a 34-year-old male named Beethoven, had lived at Shedd Aquarium for decades, the aquarium said in an announcement.

FILE - Chicago Cubs pitcher Ben Brown throws to a San Francisco Giants batter during the first inning of a baseball game, June 13, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall, File)
IL State News
2 months ago
Cubs rule out right-hander Ben Brown for the rest of the season with neck injury

“This is a bone injury,” manager Craig Counsell said before Thursday’s game against Milwaukee at Wrigley Field. “There’s a healing, but just not enough to allow the discomfort to go away. So we just need to spend more time healing.

FILE - Chicago Bears running back D'Andre Swift warms up during practice at the team's NFL football training camp, Thursday, July 30, 2026, in Lake Forest, Ill. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh,File)
Sports
2 months ago
Bears hit by running back injuries as D’Andre Swift exits practice and Kyle Monangai is week to week

Coming off their first NFC North title since 2018, the Bears visit the Carolina Panthers for their season opener on Sept. 13.

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Sports
2 months ago
Katin Houser throws 3 TD passes and runs for a score as Illinois beats UAB 42-23 in season opener

It was opening night for the Illini and their new 17,315-square-foot videoboard on the south side of Gies Memorial Stadium, billed the largest in college football.

Players in the Women's Professional Baseball League visit with one of the patients of HSHS St. John's Children's Hospital Thursday, September 3.
Local
2 months ago
WPBL players visit children’s hospital

Employees and kids were excited about the visit.

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