Shannon Sharpe: Lakers should add ‘quality depth’ instead of signing Jimmy Butler or Kemba Walker
Shannon Sharpe explains why he thinks during free agency the Los Angeles Lakers should just go after depth instead of trying to sign Jimmy Butler or Kemba Walker.
7 school districts get grants to prepare, retain teachers
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Seven Illinois school districts have received state grants to promote teacher preparation and retention.
Obama Foundation selects 32 scholars to study in Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) – The Obama Foundation has chosen 32 people from around the world for a leadership program that will allow them to study for one year at the University of Chicago or Columbia University in New
Mother discovers memorial tree to late daughter chopped down
WEST CHICAGO, Ill. (AP) – The mother of a West Chicago Community High School graduate who died 15 years ago showed up at the school to visit a memorial tree in her daughter’s honor only to find
Officer accused of taking thousands in fake overtime pay
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) – A veteran East St. Louis police officer has been accused of taking thousands of dollars in fraudulent overtime pay.
Oversight office clears officers in shooting of black man
CHICAGO (AP) – Chicago’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability has cleared two officers of wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of an African-American man in a majority white Southwest Side neighborhood.
Former alderman pleads not guilty to insurance fraud
CHICAGO (AP) – A former Chicago alderman charged with lying to police when he reported his car stolen missing has pleaded not guilty.
Man convicted of sex trafficking sentenced to life in prison
CHICAGO (AP) – A sentence of life in prison has been handed a northern Illinois man found guilty last year of sex trafficking.
Police: Video shows suspect in bus shooting was not gunman
CHICAGO (AP) – Chicago police have released from custody a man suspected of shooting three passengers on a city bus after determining he wasn’t the gunman.
Man claims racial profiling for arrest while attached to IV
FREEPORT, Ill. (AP) – A man says he was racially profiled when he was arrested by police as he walked outside a northern Illinois hospital with an attached IV.
Hospital cleared in handling of newborn cut from mom’s womb
OAK LAWN, Ill. (AP) – Officials have cleared a suburban Chicago hospital for its handling of a baby who was cut from his mother’s womb and later died.
US preschoolers less pudgy in latest sign of falling obesity
CHICAGO (AP) – A new study says preschoolers on U.S. government food aid have grown a little less pudgy.
Neymar loses appeal against 3-game Champions League ban
Neymar loses appeal against 3-game Champions League ban
Nikola Vlasic signs for CSKA Moscow on 5-year deal
CSKA Moscow has signed attacking midfielder Nikola Vlasic from Everton after he spent last season on loan with the Russian club
PSV Eindhoven draws Basel in Champions League qualifying
Former European champion PSV Eindhoven has been drawn to face Basel in Champions League qualifying
Scholes fined $10,000 for breaching gambling rules
Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes has been fined 8,000 pounds ($10,000) for breaching gambling rules by betting on games
NCAA champion Paul Jubb gets wild card for Wimbledon
NCAA tennis champion Paul Jubb has received a wild card to play at Wimbledon
Local police may be responsible for confiscating guns
Legislation introduced in the Illinois Senate back in March created a gun seizure measure for those with a revoked FOID card.
Bainbridge, Frank
Frank Bainbridge, 74, of Galva, died at 6:57 p.m., Monday, June 17, 2019, at Seminary Manor in Galesburg.
Mills, Evelyn M.
Evelyn M. Mills, age 86, of Knoxville, Illinois, died on Sunday, June 16, 2019 at her home in Knoxville.