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The Administrator at Murray Developmental Center says no employees have yet been laid off due to refusing to be vaccinated for COVID-19. Lori Demijan says those who filed objections to taking the vacc...

CHICAGO (AP) - A federal judge has ordered a former prominent member of the Chicago City Council to report to prison at the end of the month to begin serving an 18-month sentence for tax evasion. Conc...

Most workers at Deere & Co. have rejected a contract offer that would have given them 10% raises. Tuesday's vote means workers will remain on strike in the hopes of securing a better deal. The rai...

The schedule is out for week 2 of the IHSA football playoffs. In 1a, Sesser Valier will travel to Athens on Saturday at 2pm. In 2a Saturday games at 1pm will be Nashville at Bismarck Henning and Pana ...

The Sectional finals in volleyball will be held tonight. In Class 1a at Marissa, Valmeyer will take on Gibault. Windsor/Stew Stras will play St Thomas More at Tuscola and at Wayne city it's NCOE takin...

The Franklin Park Bobcats are back in action tonight in their first home game as they host South Central. The varsity Bobcats opened the season at the Rend Lake Shootout a week ago, while the 7th grad...

The Franklin Park Lady Bobcats are dropped their 2nd game of their own tournament, losing to Breese last night 49-26. Jordan Kessler had 8 points to lead Salem. Marah Johnson and Jaelyn Keller each ad...

Last night the Blue Devils improved to 2-0 with a 112-35 win over the JV from Missouri Baptist. Dillon Delatte led KC with 17, Jylen Petty finished with 15, David Granger 12 along with Tyrone Smith. O...

UNDATED (AP) - Georgia, Alabama, Michigan State and Oregon are the top four teams in the first College Football Playoff rankings of the season with Ohio State and Cincinnati up next. The unbeaten Bear...

HOUSTON (AP) - The Atlanta Braves have won their first World Series championship since 1995, hammering the Houston Astros 7-0 in Game 6. Jorge Soler hit his third home run of the Series, and Freddie F...