Author Archives: News

GRAND TOWER, Ill. (AP) - Officials say dry weather last summer allowed repairs to finally be completed on a Mississippi River levee damaged in 2013 in southwestern Illinois when a drainage pipe failed...

METAIRIE, La. (AP) - The New Orleans Saints activated running back Alvin Kamara and wide receiver Michael Thomas for their playoff game Sunday against the Chicago Bears. Kamara missed the regular-seas...

UNDATED (AP) - The Buffalo Bills were able to celebrate their first playoff win in a quarter-century. The Los Angeles Rams advanced by knocking off a division rival on the road. And the Tampa Bay Bucc...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Slugging outfielder Kyle Schwarber has signed a one-year contract with the Washington Nationals that guarantees him $10 million. He was able to sign with any club after becoming a fr...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey goaltender Corey Crawford is retiring less than three months after signing with the Devils and less than a week before the start of the NHL season. The 36-year-old goali...

CHICAGO (AP) - Jared Rhoden scored 18 points as Seton Hall beat DePaul 76-68 despite not making a field goal for nearly nine minutes to finish the game. The Pirates had a 64-47 lead after Myles Cale's...

UNDATED (AP) - Saturday's best top-25 men's basketball matchup of the day was won by Texas. Andrew Jones hit a 3-pointer with 1.8 seconds left to lift the fourth-ranked Longhorns to a 72-70 victory ov...

UNDATED (AP) - The pandemic has caught up to the Philadelphia 76ers. The Sixers faced Denver without All-Stars Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid and had the minimum eight players active as the team deals wi...

The Illinois Department of Public Health on Saturday reported 101 additional COVID-19 related deaths including one apiece in Jefferson and Marion Counties. The death in Marion County was a female in h...

A 36-year-old Junction City woman was arrested on multiple charges after she allegedly fled an attempted Friday night traffic stop first in a vehicle and later on foot. Centralia Police say they initi...