First lady Diana Rauner kicks off ‘Holiday Hero Drive’
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois first lady Diana Rauner is encouraging the sending of greeting cards and socks to service members as part of the 2018 Holiday Hero Drive.
Man admits to drug-induced homicide of exchange student
WHEATON, Ill. (AP) – A suburban Chicago man has pleaded guilty to charges he supplied a fatal dose of methadone to a 15-year-old foreign exchange student from Spain.
Chicago judge won’t toss alleged police cover-up case
CHICAGO (AP) – A judge has refused to dismiss the case against three Chicago police officers accused of participating in a cover-up surrounding the fatal police shooting of Laquan McDonald.
No charges in agent’s fatal shooting of man in Lake County
ZION, Ill. (AP) – No charges will be filed in the fatal shooting of a man who pulled a gun on a federal agent in Lake County.
Man captured a month after Chicago crash kills 3 people
CHICAGO (AP) – Authorities have captured a man who was wanted for weeks for a crash that killed a boy and two men in Chicago.
Rockford police to honor fallen officer with blue lights
ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) – Police in northern Illinois are hoping to turn the area blue to honor a fallen officer one year after he died during a traffic stop.
2 men missing after car goes into Chicago’s Calumet River
CHICAGO (AP) – Authorities are searching for two men whose car plunged into the Calumet River in Chicago over the weekend.
Longtime Chicago TV newsman Mike Parker dies at 75
CHICAGO (AP) – Mike Parker, a television newsman who spent decades at WBBM-TV, has died at age 75.
Preview: Bucks at Blazers
Milwaukee opens a tough road trip in Portland
Preview: Wild at Sharks
Minnesota will try to make it three in a row against the Sharks
Chicago mayor drops plan to sell mural worth millions
CHICAGO (AP) – Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has dropped plans to sell a city-owned mural that could have raised millions of dollars for a library.
Polls open in Illinois; Democrats look for gain
CHICAGO (AP) – Polls are now open in Illinois where Democrats are looking to return to dominance in Illinois.
LaVine scores career-high 41 points in double OT win
NEW YORK (AP) – Zach LaVine scored a career-high 41 points, including the game-winning free throw with 0.2 seconds left, as the Chicago Bulls beat the New York Knicks 116-115 in double overtime on Monday night.
Knox County voters head to the polls
The ads have been run, the doors have been knocked on and the candidates have made their case.
The 313: Detroit's baddest team? (VIDEO)
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Gilson, Marcella S.
Marcella S. Gilson, 64, of Galesburg, died at 3:35 p.m. Friday, November 2, 2018, at home.
Zimbabwe notches first test win since 2013
Zimbabwe registered its first test victory since 2013, thrashing Bangladesh by 151 runs in the opening test with a day to spare in Sylhet
Toss up the ball, college hoops ready for early start date
College basketball season is starting earlier and earlier, and top women’s coaches Muffet McGraw and Geno Auriemma aren’t thrilled about it
Empoli fires Andreazzoli after 1 win in 11 matches
Relegation-threatened Empoli has fired Aurelio Andreazzoli after winning only one of 11 matches in Serie A
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