Twins' second-round pick Jeffers off to a hot start in rookie ball
Ryan Jeffers is raking at Elizabethton and other prospect updates in the latest Young Twins Tracker
TASTE OF THE TOUR: A potpourri of poultry to reach Chartres
MUR -DE-BRETAGNE, France (AP) There’s plenty of poultry to provide sustenance for the longest stage of the Tour de France.
Oklahoma F Manek preparing for bigger role without Young
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) Brady Manek’s strong freshman season was largely overlooked while the college basketball world was enamored with his Oklahoma teammate Trae Young.
Nicholls, SHSU's Davis highlight Southland preseason team
(STATS) – FCS power Sam Houston State is expected to be the favorite in the Southland Conference race, but it doesn’t have the most players on the conference’s preseason team.
Shannon Sharpe on Ainge’s comments about the Eastern Conference post- LeBron
Hear Shannon Sharpe’s thoughts on Danny Ainge’s comments about the Eastern Conference after LeBron James signed with the Los Angeles Lakers.
Knoxville District 202 WILL Add 2nd Pre-K Class
After grant funding failed to come through from the State of Illinois for an additional afternoon Pre-K class in Knoxville District 202, the district cancelled the class. However, some reallocation of funds from the ROE 33
Lithuanian ex-judge in Chicago hopes to halt extradition
CHICAGO (AP) – A former Lithuanian judge and lawmaker is going before a federal judge in Chicago for a possible ruling on her request to stop her extradition to Lithuania, where she says she exposed a network
Man pleads guilty to kidnapping, assault of Illinois woman
CHICAGO (AP) – A Michigan man has pleaded guilty to kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman after burglarizing her suburban Chicago home.
Public health officials looking into Legionnaires’ outbreak
WOODSTOCK, Ill. (AP) – Health officials in northern Illinois are investigating several cases of Legionnaires’ disease that occurred between June 7 and July 1.
Illinois cop resigns after dispute over Puerto Rican shirt
CHICAGO (AP) – A police officer has resigned amid an investigation into his response to a woman who said she was being harassed in a Chicago forest preserve for wearing a shirt with the Puerto Rican flag.
Aircraft makes emergency landing on I-55, near Lincoln
LINCOLN, Ill. (AP) – Police say a small aircraft made an emergency landing on Interstate 55 in central Illinois, striking one vehicle but hurting no one.
SIU-Carbondale faculty senate vote no confidence in Dunn
CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) – Southern Illinois University’s president has received a vote of no confidence from the faculty senate at the school’s Carbondale campus.
Jail walls reinforced after 3 men escape in S. Illinois
CARMI, Ill. (AP) – Cinder blocks have been reinforced with concrete and metal bars after three men broke out of a southern Illinois jail.
Township trustee who commented on Muslims refuses to resign
PALOS HILLS, Ill. (AP) – Residents of a Chicago suburb are demanding the resignation of a township official a year after she made social media posts about Middle Eastern immigrants.
Wife: Illinois man killed by police was ‘mad’ at government
SOUTH ELGIN, Ill. (AP) – Relatives say a suburban Chicago man who was killed by police fired at officers because he was distraught over financial woes and other problems.
Judge accused of bringing gun into Chicago courthouse
CHICAGO (AP) – A judge is charged with carrying a concealed weapon in a prohibited area after he was caught on video dropping a gun in a Chicago courthouse.
Trial starting for man, 68, charged in sister-in-law’s death
HENNEPIN, Ill. (AP) – A jury has been seated in the trial of an Illinois man who is charged with killing his sister-in-law and burying her body in a shallow grave.
Plan defeated to ban homeless outside Springfield library
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The city council has defeated an effort to keep homeless people from spending nights outside the Springfield public library.
Rodon tosses gem, White Sox blank Cardinals 4-0
CHICAGO (AP) – Carlos Rodon pitched three-hit, shutout ball into the eighth inning to outduel Luke Weaver and lead the Chicago White Sox to a 4-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday.
Posey hits game-winning single in 13th, Giants beat Cubs
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Buster Posey singled off the right-field wall in the 13th inning for his fifth career game-ending hit, sending the San Francisco Giants past the Chicago Cubs 5-4 on Wednesday.