Can Raiders right the ship against the Chiefs Thursday night?
The Raiders need a win against their conference foe this week.
Are the Chargers emerging as the scariest team in the AFC West?
The Chargers have won two games in a row and take on the Broncos in Week 7.
How does Gordon Hayward's injury change the landscape of the Eastern Conference?
Are the Cavaliers a lock to return to the NBA Finals?
Are the Lakers going to take a big leap this year?
How much improvement will we see from the Lakers this year?
Trubisky will try to avoid Peppers as Bears host Panthers
Chicago Bears coach John Fox knows exactly how tough it is for offensive linemen to block Carolina Panthers defensive end Julius Peppers.
Delay in changing the venue for the Knox County Board meetings
The Knox County Finance Committee had a busy night, but they did receive some news regarding the moving of county board meetings to the Galesburg City Council Chambers.
Pulitzer Prize Winner to speak at Knox College
Knox College has been celebrating their 50th year of their Creative Writing Program. In honor of the program’s anniversary, the Caxton Club reading series will conclude with a visit from author Marilynne Robinson.
Big Ten expands conference basketball schedules next season
NEW YORK (AP) — The Big Ten is increasing its conference schedule to 20 games in men’s basketball and 18 in women’s basketball, starting in the 2018-19 season.
Appellate court affirms conviction in 2011 stabbing death
WHEATON, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois appellate court has upheld the conviction of a suburban Chicago man in his father’s 2011 stabbing death.
Illinois man to be sentenced in internet-sting terror case
CHICAGO (AP) — A suburban Chicago man snared in a 2013 internet sting is being sentenced for seeking to join an al-Qaida-linked group fighting Bashar Assad’s regime in Syria.
Illinois out of running for Toyota-Mazda manufacturing plant
ROCHELLE, Ill. (AP) — Illinois will not be the home of a $1.6 billion manufacturing plant the automakers Toyota and Mazda plan to build in the United States.
Exploding ammunition stymie firefighters in fatal fire
CAHOKIA, Ill. (AP) — Exploding ammunition stymied southern Illinois firefighters in their efforts to rescue a World War II veteran who died in a house fire.
Chicago’s mayor proposes $8.6 billion city budget for 2018
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has presented an $8.6 billion budget to the city’s aldermen that would spend about $289 million more than last year’s funding plan.
Schock prosecutors say they never admitted misleading judge
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — The U.S. attorney’s office for central Illinois wants a federal judge to reconsider his finding that prosecutors made false or misleading statements in former U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock’s theft-of-government-funds case.
U of Illinois proposes building Chicago innovation center
CHICAGO (AP) — The University of Illinois is proposing a new public-private innovation center near downtown Chicago that would partner the Urbana-Champaign campus with two other research institutions.
Chicago police superintendent back at work after transplant
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson is back at work after undergoing a kidney transplant seven weeks ago.
Ex-East St. Louis linebacker sues, says has brain damage
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) — A former East St. Louis High School football linebacker has filed a lawsuit seeking compensation, saying he suffered brain damage after playing.
Cubs avoid sweep, top Dodgers 3-2 to cut NLCS deficit to 3-1
CHICAGO (AP) — Javier Baez snapped an 0-for-20 skid with two home runs, Wade Davis hung on for a six-out save and the Chicago Cubs avoided a sweep, holding off the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 Wednesday night
Jaden Schwartz has hat trick, Blues beat Blackhawks 5-2
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jaden Schwartz had his third career hat trick to help the St. Louis Blues beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-2 on Wednesday night.
Churchill sweeps Lombard in Jr. High Basketball
The Churchill girls got two wins over cross-town rival – Lombard.