Chicago Bulls (8-15, 11th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Miami Heat (16-6, third in the Eastern Conference) Miami; Sunday, 6 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Miami will try to keep its nine-game home win streak alive when the Heat take on Chicago. The Heat are 11-2 in Eastern Conference games. Miami has a 1-0 record in […]
Arizona Coyotes (17-10-4, second in the Pacific Division) vs. Chicago Blackhawks (12-12-5, seventh in the Central Division) Chicago; Sunday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Chicago hosts the Arizona Coyotes after the Blackhawks beat New Jersey 2-1 in a shootout. The Blackhawks are 7-6-4 in conference games. Chicago has converted on 14.9% of power-play opportunities, scoring […]
Roxana toppled Carrollton, Illinois 61-47 Friday at Carrollton, Illinois. The Shells were seven of 17 (41 percent) from outside the 3-point arc. Andrew Beckman led Roxana with 23 points, while Gavin Huffman finished with 16 and Jacob Golenor added 11. Roxana (5-1) visits Columbia on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Carrollton, Illinois (0-2) visits Carlinville on […]
Updated 7:00 am PST, Saturday, December 7, 2019 URBANA, Ill. (AP) — Admissions applications to the University of Illinois campuses are no longer requiring students to disclose whether or not they have a criminal background. A student-led coalition urged the university to remove questions about criminal and disciplinary history, saying it discouraged potential students from applying, […]
The man who was body slammed by a Chicago police officer during his arrest in late November walked out of jail Friday evening alongside his mother and Rev. Jesse Jackson after posting bond. Bernard Kersh, 29, was charged with one felony count of aggravated battery, one count of resisting police, and one count of simple […]
Dave Osborn, Naples Daily News Published 7:00 a.m. CT Dec. 7, 2019 Rick Springfield will join Chicago on a tour in 2020 that reaches Florida in the summer. (Photo: Tyger Williams/Milwaukee Journal) Each week, the USA Today Network Florida will provide you details on some of the hottest acts in the state. The Hot Ticket offers […]
Don Babwin, Associated Press Updated 1:47 pm CST, Saturday, December 7, 2019 FILE – In this Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019, file photo, Chicago Police Department Supt. Eddie Johnson, right, announces his retirement as Mayor Lori Lightfoot looks on during a press conference at CPD headquarters in Chicago. The unceremonious firing of Chicago’s police chief just weeks […]
WILMINGTON (CBS) — Recreational marijuana will soon be legal in Illinois, but federally it’s prohibited. It’s use or posession can still cause public housing tenants to lose their living arrangements. CBS 2’s Vince Gerasole found out that, as notices go out to remind tenants of law, some landlords are going to extremes. There are growing […]
Read part one of our series on the issues with Kane County police, courts, and child protective services here. In part two, we look at several other cases in which children have allegedly been exposed to abuse. Holly Sathern and Jessica Kasten are two other women from the same suburb of Illinois. Both say their […]
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Three Illinois prison guards were arraigned in federal court Friday on charges of assault and civil rights violations in the May 2018 death of an inmate at Western Illinois Correctional Center. A grand jury indicted the correctional officers, who also face charges that they falsified reports and misled investigators, in connection […]
