Eibar routs Sevilla 5-1, Betis tops Villarreal in Spain
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) Eibar crushed Sevilla 5-1 in the Spanish league on Saturday, while Real Betis forward Loren Moron scored twice in his debut.
Eibar routs Sevilla 5-1, Betis tops Villarreal in Spain
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) Eibar crushed Sevilla 5-1 in the Spanish league on Saturday, while Real Betis forward Loren Moron scored twice in his debut.
Snoop Dogg has busy Super Bowl week as DJ, gospel singer
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Snoop Dogg’s Super Bowl week is almost as busy as that of the Philadelphia Eagles and New England Patriots players competing on Sunday.
Tande beats Freitag to win ski jumping World Cup
WILLINGEN, Germany (AP) Daniel Andre Tande of Norway defeated overall leader Richard Freitag to win his first ski jumping World Cup of the season on Saturday.
Texas star Andrew Jones progressing in leukemia treatment
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) The family of Texas basketball star Andrew Jones says he is making ”positive strides” in his leukemia treatment.
Wheelchair athlete hurt in San Diego marathon gets $4M
SAN DIEGO (AP) A wheelchair athlete who was injured after organizers of a San Diego marathon altered the course has been awarded $4 million.
Davis Cup: France wins doubles to lead Netherlands 2-1
ALBERTVILLE, France (AP) Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert beat Robin Haase and Jean-Julien Rojer 7-6 (6), 6-3, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (2) to give defending champion France a 2-1 lead against the Netherlands in the first round of
Davis Cup: France wins doubles to lead Netherlands 2-1
ALBERTVILLE, France (AP) Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert beat Robin Haase and Jean-Julien Rojer 7-6 (6), 6-3, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (2) to give defending champion France a 2-1 lead against the Netherlands in the first round of
Eli Manning looks forward after worst season of career
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) Eli Manning is looking ahead. Who wouldn’t after the year he just had?
Nick Foles plans to become a pastor after football
Nick Foles has a calling far greater than throwing touchdown passes.
Official urges Illinois residents to practice fire safety
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The state fire marshal is urging Illinois residents to test smoke alarms and prepare a family emergency escape plan after an unusually high number of people died in fires last month.
WGIL’s Galesburg Live: Scott Erickson and Western Illinois Home Health Care
Will Stevenson hosts the February 3, 2018 edition of WGIL’s Galesburg Live. In the first hour, Will talked with Knox County Clerk Scott Erickson about the upcoming election, registering to vote, and other matters affecting his
Chicago Democrat survives ballot challenge by 2 signatures
CHICAGO (AP) — After weeks of wrangling over the nominating petitions of Illinois state Sen. Ira Silverstein, the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners says he has enough signatures to remain on the ballot.
Chicago election officials say likely delay in early voting
CHICAGO (AP) — Election officials in Chicago say the start of early voting is likely to be delayed because of so many candidate ballot challenges.
2 wrongfully convicted immigrants face uncertain future
CHICAGO (AP) — Freedom was short-lived for Mexican immigrants who were recently released after nearly 20 years in an Illinois prison after a judge ruled their confessions in a gruesome double-murder case were coerced.
Judge rules attorney general candidate be kicked off ballot
CHICAGO (AP) — A Cook County judge has ruled attorney general candidate Scott Drury be removed from next month’s primary ballot over questions about whether he complied with the rules in filing of a statement of economic
Mayor pushes for annexing Illinois State Fairgrounds
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The mayor of Springfield says he’s lobbying Illinois legislators to let the city annex the State Fairgrounds and use some city sales tax revenue generated there to repair several of its buildings.
Analysis: Penalties against Illinois polluters have declined
CHICAGO (AP) — A newspaper analysis of enforcement data show that penalties sought from state polluters have dropped to $6.1 million since Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner took office in 2015.
Climatologist: January weather was colder, drier in Illinois
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Illinois’ state climatologist says January weather was colder and drier than normal in the state without much snow.
Clerk denies UI student request for more early voting sites
URBANA, Ill. (AP) — The Champaign County clerk has rejected a request for more early-voting locations from student leaders at the University of Illinois campus in Urbana-Champaign.