Watch: Prep Bowl between Simeon and St. Ignatius
Watch as Simeon and St. Ignatius face off in the Prep Bowl on Friday, Nov. 24 at Gately Stadium. Kickoff scheduled for 1 p.m. The Prep Bowl is played annually and features the best Chicago Catholic...
View ArticleWhat the report card says about Illinois teachers
You’ve read about the recent state school report card statistics that parse student achievement in every district. But you may not have seen much about another compelling statistic. It concerns...
View ArticleMan headed for trial in '85 slaying of 15-year-old Kristy Wesselman could...
If a Champaign man is convicted of a decades-old slaying of a DuPage County teen, prosecutors will seek to have him sentenced to natural life in prison. With a January trial date looming for Michael...
View ArticleCBS, Dish end blackout for customers after reaching fee deal
Dish Network and CBS agreed to a new multi-year contract, ending a blackout that would have left millions of satellite-TV subscribers without the nation's most-watched network and its popular football...
View ArticleSaturday's matchup, prediction: Ohio State at Michigan
TV: 11 a.m. Saturday, FOX-32. Line: Ohio State by 111/2. Records: Ohio State 9-2, 7-1 Big Ten; Michigan 8-3, 5-3. Last meeting: Ohio State's 30-27 double-overtime win on Nov. 26, 2016, in Columbus,...
View ArticleAfter NFL game missed, Dish and CBS settle to spare Bears, Alabama-Auburn
If you’re a Chicago-area Dish Network subscriber who had to forgo watching the Cowboys’ Thanksgiving loss to the Chargers or find an antenna to tune in CBS-owned WBBM-Ch. 2 via free over-the-air TV,...
View Article2 killed, suspect arrested in southern Wisconsin shooting
Authorities have arrested a man suspected of killing two men after a bar fight in Kenosha County on the Wisconsin border with Illinois. The Monroe County Sheriff's Department and the Wisconsin State...
View ArticleChicago firm becomes 1st in US to offer online virtual sport betting
The company behind internet gambling website PlaySugarHouse.com has become the first in the U.S. to let gamblers bet real money online on the outcome of virtual sports events. Chicago-based Rush...
View ArticleMan charged with robbing students in Grant Park; 2 others sought
A judge denied bail for an 18-year-old man accused of beating and robbing two Columbia College students at a Grant Park skate park before the victims managed to fight off their attackers. Though...
View ArticleBlack Friday shopping now competing with early, online deals
Black Friday used to reliably draw throngs of shoppers to stores in search of “doorbuster” deals. But as retailers have spread “Black Friday” deals throughout Thanksgiving week, or even earlier in...
View ArticleBritish police respond to reports of 'shots fired' at London's Oxford Circus...
British police flooded London's busy Oxford Circus area Friday after receiving multiple reports of "shots fired." They have not located any casualties. Armed and unarmed officers rushed to the...
View ArticleMilitants kill at least 235 in attack on crowded mosque in Egypt
Militants attacked a crowded mosque during Friday prayers in the Sinai Peninsula, setting off explosives, spraying worshippers with gunfire and killing at least 235 people in the deadliest ever attack...
View Article1 dead after shooting in East Side neighborhood
A man is dead after he was shot Friday morning on the Southeast Side, Chicago police said. The man, 22, was shot just after 10:15 a.m. while riding in a vehicle in the East Side neighborhood, police...
View ArticleLINDA C. BLACK HOROSCOPES for 11/24/17
Today's Birthday (11/24/17). The next two years favor productive thinking. Create, invent and plan. Domestic dreams are within reach. Unexpected destinations this winter lead to fresh creative...
View ArticleEx-tenant tipped state liquor agency to Dolton nightclub's troubles before...
The Illinois Liquor Control Commission was alerted about potential illegal activity at a Dolton nightclub more than two weeks before a shooting there on Mother's Day, but did little, if anything, to...
View ArticleDecades-in-the-works genealogy book chronicles family's roots from Mexico to...
On her wedding day, Feb. 11, 1918, Francesca Chavez Ornelas chronicled her holy nuptials with new husband Pablo Ornelas. She wrote in cursive into the family's leather-bound Bible. "We had a very...
View ArticleGary considers Genesis Center's future: 'It is a tremendous drain on the city'
The Genesis Convention Center in downtown Gary has the attention of city officials who are considering changes to the aging venue. Discussion of the Genesis Center's future came up when the Common...
View ArticleTime magazine says Trump's got it wrong on 'Person of the Year' rejection
President Donald Trump says that Time magazine was contemplating naming him the "Person of the Year" for a second year in a row but that he pulled himself out of the running because he didn't want to...
View ArticleKids with craniofacial conditions hope film 'Wonder' will nurture awareness...
Tikyle Yates said he wouldn’t cry while watching “Wonder,” yet the 17-year-old’s eyes welled at the film with a protagonist whose atypical face and surgical scars so closely mirror his own. “It was...
View ArticleDrafted by Bulls, sent to Warriors, Bell gets first start in 143-94 rout of...
Kevin Durant rested a sprained left ankle Friday night. Draymond Green simply rested. Enter Jordan Bell into the starting lineup for the Warriors' 143-94 massacre of the Bulls Friday at Oracle Arena....
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