Philanthropy earns Howard Buffett spot on Wall of Fame
DECATUR, Ill. (AP) — Macon County Sheriff Howard Buffett has become the latest inductee into Decatur, Illinois’ Wall of Fame.
Police to target shoppers abusing handicapped parking spots
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Police will be patrolling the parking lots of Illinois shopping malls this holiday weekend to ticket people illegally parking in spaces reserved for people with disabilities.
Man stabbed to death in Carbondale, girlfriend charged
CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — A Carbondale woman has been arrested in the stabbing death of her boyfriend.
Auto museum may save McDonald’s museum from demolition
VOLO, Ill. (AP) — There may be hope for the doomed replica of a historic McDonald’s hamburger restaurant after all.
Sherrard man arrested after striking a sheriff’s deputy with vehicle
A Sherrard man was arrested early Friday morning after striking a Mercer County Sheriff’s Deputy with his vehicle while attempting to flee.
Bears place Leonard Floyd on injured reserve
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Outside linebacker Leonard Floyd was placed on injured reserve Thursday by the Chicago Bears, ending his season because of a knee injury.
No. 20 Stanford may peek at Apple Cup during Notre Dame game
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) When Stanford steps on the field to take on No. 9 Notre Dame, it would be understandable if the 20th-ranked Cardinal also paid close attention to what was happening several hundred miles north of
Trump complains that players are the boss' in the NFL
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) He’s not letting it go.
Galesburg Silver Streaks Boys Basketball vs Chicago Marshall Commandos
The Galesburg Silver Streaks boys basketball team is now 3-0 continuing a busy weekend in their Thanksgiving Tournament. In the first of two games today, GHS defeated the Chicago Marshall Commandos out of the Public League 55-41. The
Japan sense chance of upsetting France in Paris
PARIS (AP) Japan sense a chance of upsetting France in their rugby test on Saturday.
China's under-20 games in Germany called off due to protests
BERLIN (AP) The German soccer federation has postponed the China under-20 team’s series of friendly games in the country because of the protests it would face.
Australia beats Fiji 54-6 in Rugby League World Cup semi
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) Winger Valentine Holmes became the first player to score six tries in a test as defending champion Australia beat Fiji 54-6 in the first semifinal of the Rugby League World Cup on Friday.
French club Lille appoints interim four-man coaching team
LILLE, France (AP) A four-man coaching team will take provisional charge of French soccer club Lille in the wake of Marcelo Bielsa’s dismissal.
Vettel faster than Hamilton in 1st Abu Dhabi GP practice
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) Sebastian Vettel was fastest Friday in the in first practice for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, with world champion Lewis Hamilton second.
Sports court overturns Kenyan ruling in runner's doping case
MONACO (AP) The Court of Arbitration for Sport has imposed a four-year ban on a road runner in a steroid doping case, after judging that Kenyan authorities treated him too leniently.
Chawrasia extends lead by 2 at the Hong Kong Open
HONG KONG (AP) S.S.P. Chawrasia extended his lead at the Hong Kong Open to two strokes Friday after a 4-under 66 in the second round.
Evenly matched Gators, Zags meet in PK80 (Nov 24, 2017)
PORTLAND, Ore. — The first ranked matchup of the Phil Knight Invitational comes between No. 7 Florida and No. 17 Gonzaga in the second round of the “Motion” bracket of the Phil Knight 80 Invitational on Friday.
Saint Mary's aims to keep momentum vs. WSU (Nov 24, 2017)
Saint Mary’s has the look of a Sweet 16 contender. In the first five games of the season, the Gaels have won by 17 points three times and 18 and 19 points one time each.
Bucket Bowl: Indiana, Purdue put postseason hopes on line
Indiana and Purdue head into their regular-season finale with the same Bucket list.
Syracuse closes season against old foe Boston College
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) Syracuse coach Dino Babers is facing Senior Day on Saturday with a lot of pent-up emotion on his mind because he’ll be losing several key players to graduation and the Orange won’t be playing