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Sports News for Sunday March 25, 2018
Loyola-Chicago Stuns Kansas State, On To Final Four (Atlanta, GA) -- Led by a career-game from senior Ben Richardson, 11-seed Loyola Chicago stunned Kansas State 78-62 in the Elite Eight on Saturday f...
Mar 25, 2018

Galesburg Police Find, Destroy Old Hand Grenade
(Galesburg, IL) -- A Galesburg man may have had a live grenade in his basement for over 70 years. Galesburg police say they got a call about the grenade yesterday. Once they realized that the grenade ...
Mar 23, 2018 Martin Taylor / CC
Illinois Students To Take Part Weekend March For Our Lives
(Carbondale, IL) -- Students across Illinois will be in the streets this weekend. A number of local high schools across the state say their students will take part in tomorrow's March For Our Lives. I...
Mar 23, 2018

Governor Rauner's Reelection Plan To Hammer Pritkzer
(Peoria, IL) -- Governor Bruce Rauner's path to reelection lies in taxes, Mike Madigan, and J.B. Pritzker's past. The governor highlighted his reelection strategy yesterday when he spoke with reporter...
Mar 23, 2018

U of I Wrestler Killed in Hit and Run On Wednesday night
(Pesotum, IL) - The Illinois State Police are asking for assistance in locating the offending vehicle that was involved in a fatal traffic crash on I-57 southbound near Rantoul, Illinois (milepost 253...
Mar 22, 2018 Daniel / CC

Illinois' Four Presidents To Be Celebrated At Lincoln Museum
(Springfield, IL) -- Illinois has four U.S. Presidents, Lincoln, Grant, Reagan, and Obama, and folks will get to see a lot more about them in Springfield. The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum will ...
Mar 22, 2018

U Of I Worries About Pension, Health Care Cost Shift
(Urbana, IL) -- The University of Illinois worried about paying for its share of health care and retirement costs for its workers. The U of I's CFO yesterday said it will cost the school about 50 mill...
Mar 22, 2018

Cook County Voters Approve Non-Binding Pot Question
(Chicago, IL) -- There's plenty of support in and around Chicago for legal marijuana. Voters in Cook County on Tuesday approved a non-binding ballot question about legal pot. Supporters say the idea i...
Mar 22, 2018

Former Madigan Campaign Worker Files Federal Lawsuit Over Harassment
(Chicago, IL) -- The complaint against Speaker Mike Madigan's political operation may end up in front of a federal judge. Alaina Hampton, the former Madigan campaigner who complained of unwanted atten...
Mar 22, 2018 Ed Bierman / CC

Illinois' Governor Will be Expensive
(Chicago, IL) -- Get ready to see a lot more campaign commercials in the race for Illinois governor. NBC 5 Chicago reported yesterday that ad executives expect J.B. Pritzker and Bruce Rauner to spend ...
Mar 22, 2018 Andrew Magill / CC






