AP Top 25 Podcast: Who can derail Oklahoma in Big 12?
Oklahoma will try to make it five straight Big 12 championships with yet another transfer quarterback, while Texas tries to build on its 2018 breakout
Top Tweets: Gophers surprise walk-on with scholarship at Twins game
FOX Sports North compiles the top tweets and Instagram posts from the past week of Minnesota sports.
Woods withdraws from Northern Trust, citing oblique strain
Tiger Woods withdraws from opening FedEx Cup playoff event with what he calls mild oblique strain
Shannon Sharpe isn’t sold on Daniel Jones after his strong debut in preseason
Shannon Sharpe and Skip Bayless discuss Daniel Jones’ preseason debut, where he completed all 5 passes he threw, including a touchdown.
Rookie Slye kicks Panthers past Bears in preseason opener
CHICAGO (AP) – With Elliott Fry and Eddy Pineiro battling for the Chicago Bears kicking job, the best kicking effort in Thursday’s preseason opener came instead from Carolina Panthers rookie Joey Slye.
Rizzo celebrates, Cubs beat Reds 12-5 for biggest lead
CINCINNATI (AP) – Anthony Rizzo had a pair of hits as part of a 30th birthday celebration, Nicholas Castellanos added to his Chicago surge with a pair of homers and the Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds 12-5
White Sox, Yankees to play at ‘Field of Dreams’ in 2020
The Chicago White Sox will play a game against the New York Yankees next August at the site in Iowa where the movie “Field of Dreams” was filmed.
Chicago-area man charged with hate crime after alleged slurs
MONTGOMERY, Ill. (AP) – A suburban Chicago man has been charged with a felony hate crime after he allegedly fired an air rifle at his neighbors while shouting racial slurs at them.
New law aimed at addressing Illinois teacher shortage
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed legislation he says will remove a barrier for teacher candidates and help address a statewide shortage of teachers.
USDA declares agriculture disaster in Illinois due to floods
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture has declared an agriculture disaster in all 102 Illinois counties, citing historic flooding across the state this year.
Pritzker favors fried food as Illinois State Fair opens
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker, joined by Olympic gold medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee, cut the ribbon marking the opening of the Illinois State Fair.
Lawsuit filed in shooting of 12-year-old by SWAT team member
CHICAGO (AP) – A suburban Chicago mother is suing two police departments, claiming a SWAT team officer shot her son during a raid of her home earlier this year.
Illinois AG blasts Trump’s expansion of deportation powers
CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is questioning the constitutionality of the Trump administration’s expansion of immigration agents’ power to deport migrants without having them first appear before a judge.
Prominent Chicago priest accused in 1974 child sex assault
CHICAGO (AP) – The Archdiocese of Chicago says the first Catholic priest to adopt a child is under investigation for allegedly sexually abusing a minor in 1974.
Illinois governor signs kennel safety law after deadly fire
CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois kennels must now always be staffed, and have sprinklers or alarms that ring at the local firehouse.
Cook County public defender blasts new guns crimes website
CHICAGO (AP) – Chicago’s police superintendent is rejecting a public defender’s argument that a new department website that provides adult gun-related criminal charges intrudes on defendants’ privacy and should be shut down.
Ex-US Olympic dressage athlete charged with attempted murder
A former U.S. Olympic dressage athlete is accused of shooting a woman at his New Jersey farm where he trains equestrian athletes
Florer, Boyd K.
Boyd Kincaid Florer, 74, of Galesburg, died at 3:45 p.m. Tuesday, August 6, 2019, at home.
Community cookouts and more this weekend.
There’s a free event Saturday, August 10th that each year, aims to get the community together.
Donaldson takes 11-game hit streak into matchup with Marlins
Braves, streaking Donaldson set for matchup with Marlins