This high school's players are so enormous that opponents are forfeiting
It’s like “putting a Volkswagen bug against a Mack truck” one parent said.
NFL betting lines, odds and picks for every Week 5 game
Tom Brady makes his return this week. How doomed are the Browns?
Pair of Spanish soccer players apologize after sex tape leaks online
The two SD Eibar teammates are in hot water.
Manfred: Cards-Astros hacking decision during offseason
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball plans to have a decision during the offseason on possible discipline stemming from the investigation of a St. Louis Cardinals employee who hacked into a Houston Astros computer system.
Long-suffering Cubs fans wondering if this is the year
CHICAGO (AP) — October 6th, 1945. Nick Paolella knows the date by heart and he knows the Chicago Cubs lost. The rest has faded away over time.
Chicago Bears wide receiver Kevin White to go on IR
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Chicago Bears wide receiver Kevin White will be placed on injured reserve with a fractured left fibula, one year after missing his entire rookie season with a stress fracture in the same
DeKalb County judges review bail for fairness, public safety
SYCAMORE, Ill. (AP) — Judges in DeKalb County are studying bail practices for criminal defendants to ensure that they’re fair and maintain public safety.
8-year-old refugee dies after arriving at Chicago airport
CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities in Chicago are seeking the cause of death of an 8-year-old refugee from Congo.
Ranking the 8 remaining MLB playoff teams by their World Series chances
Find out who is most likely to hoist the World Series trophy
Watch a middle schooler make a sick one-handed touchdown catch
Even Odell Beckham Jr. would be proud
The night the legend of David Ortiz took off
All seemed lost for the Boston Red Sox in the 2004 ALCS, then David Ortiz delivered at Fenway Park.
Eagles linebacker 'just forgot' about loaded gun in backpack at time of airport arrest
Nigel Bradham was arrested over the weekend for carrying a loaded gun.
NFL Week 5 Cheat Sheet: Peter Schrager's picks for all 14 games
NFL Week 5 Cheat Sheet: Peter Schrager’s picks for all 14 games
Plant in Belvidere to make interior parts for Jeep Cherokee
BELVIDERE, Ill. (AP) — A new manufacturing plant in northern Illinois will make interior cockpit components for the Jeep Cherokee.
Former White House reporter will speak on media and politics
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — A former CNN White House correspondent will discuss subjects at the heart of the contentious 2016 presidential election during a lecture on Oct. 13 at Bradley University.
New penguin exhibit opening at Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo
CHICAGO (AP) — The public is getting its first peek at the penguins returning to Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo.
911 operators, police to get sex assault response training
CHICAGO (AP) — A $750,000 federal grant will help Illinois follow through on a new state law requiring specialized sexual assault response training for all 911 operators, police officers and investigators.
State, federal officials met with Kankakee officials on vote
KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) — The U.S. attorney for central Illinois and Attorney General Lisa Madigan met with Kankakee County officials to address allegations of voter fraud and intimidation.
Clayton Kershaw and Max Scherzer are seeking redemption in the NLDS
Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers face off against Max Scherzer and the Washington Nationals in a National League Division Series.
Galesburg, Knox County early voting off to a strong start

Early voting began last Thursday and already about 680 have taken advantage both in Galesburg and Knox County as a whole.
