Senzatela’s strong outing leads Rockies past Cards 2-1
DENVER (AP) – Antonio Senzatela pitched six strong innings for his first win in two months, Ian Desmond hit a go-ahead home run and the Colorado Rockies beat the St. Louis Cardinals 2-1 Wednesday night.
Soler hits 2 homers, Royals beat White Sox 8-6
CHICAGO (AP) – Jorge Soler hit a pair of two-run homers among his career high-matching four hits, leading the Kansas City Royals to an 8-6 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday night.
Bears sign tight end J.P. Holtz, cut Abdullah Anderson
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) – The Chicago Bears have waived defensive end Abdullah Anderson and signed former Washington Redskins tight end J.P. Holtz.
Teacher convicted of failing to report suspected child abuse
ST. CHARLES, Ill. (AP) – A suburban Chicago elementary school teacher has been found guilty of failing to report suspected child abuse.
Raoul: Purdue Pharma deal should hold Sacklers accountable
CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul says any deal with Purdue Pharma for the role it played in the nation’s opioid addiction crisis must hold the Sackler family, owners of the company, accountable.
Retired judge tabbed to fill appellate court vacancy
MOUNT VERNON, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois Supreme Court has summoned a retired judge to fill an upcoming vacancy on the Fifth District Appellate Court. Circuit Judge Milton S. Wharton of St. Clair County was tabbed Wednesday.
Alleged street gang member pleads guilty to racketeering
CHICAGO (AP) – A member of a Chicago street gang implicated in drug trafficking and deadly violence on the city’s West Side has pleaded guilty to federal racketeering conspiracy charges.
Judge: Hastert victim broke terms of $3.5M hush-money deal
CHICAGO (AP) – An Illinois judge has determined a former student who was sexually abused by Dennis Hastert breached an unwritten $3.5 million hush-money deal with the former U.S. House Speaker by telling family members and a
Ex-professor accused of sexually exploiting students in suit
URBANA, Ill. (AP) – A former University of Illinois associate professor is being accused in a federal lawsuit of sexually and emotionally exploiting his young Chinese students.
Principal quits after sexual misconduct allegations surface
MATTESON, Ill. (AP) – A suburban middle school principal has resigned after his superiors learned that an investigation into “sexually harassing misconduct” allegations while he worked for the Chicago Public Schools led to a recommendation that his
Messi unsure Barcelona did all it could to bring Neymar back
Lionel Messi says he is not certain Barcelona did all it could to re-sign Neymar in the offseason
Illinois sues pharmaceutical companies over opioid crisis
CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has filed a lawsuit against several pharmaceutical companies, including Johnson & Johnson, alleging they carried out “unfair and deceptive” marketing campaigns contributing to the opioid crisis. Raoul said Wednesday
Wife of alderman to be chief justice on Illinois high court
CHICAGO (AP) – The wife of a powerful Chicago alderman facing federal corruption allegations will become the Illinois Supreme Court’s next chief justice.
Woman sitting in Chicago house shot in head by passing car
CHICAGO (AP) – A Chicago woman is in critical condition after a bullet fired from a passing car pierced her front window and struck her in the head as she sat in her living room.
Chicago-area woman charged in fatal hit-and-run crash
CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. (AP) – A Chicago-area woman is facing charges in the hit-and-run death of a motorcyclist.
Man United, Arsenal castoffs find new homes in Serie A
Romelu Lukaku, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Aaron Ramsey headline a recent influx of Premier League players to Serie A
Napoli coach 'shocked' over unfinished dressing rooms
Napoli coach ‘shocked’ over unfinished dressing rooms
UEFA fines Swiss league for Europa League entry error
Switzerland’s soccer league has been fined by UEFA for wrongly letting Sion enter the Europa League in the 2017-18 season
Semenya to finally get her gold medal from 2011 worlds
Caster Semenya is finally getting her gold medal from the 2011 world championships after Russian runner Maria Savinova was stripped of the title for doping
Bustos receives biofuels award, welcomes Honor Flight Veterans this week
Congresswoman Cheri Bustos received the Fueling Growth Award from Growth Energy on Tuesday, September 10th.