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CHICAGO (AP) - Nationally known activist Chicago priest the Rev. Michael Pfleger will be reinstated as the leader of his parish after an investigation found "insufficient reason to suspect" he sexuall...

CHICAGO (AP) - A 76-year-old man newly paroled from an Illinois prison after serving time for the 1972 murder of a teenage boy is considered a fugitive. The Illinois Department of Corrections lists Ra...

Eli Rose and Griffin Day came up with big RBI in the bottom of the sixth inning, and Salem came back late to beat Carlyle 2-1 in Cahokia play. Isaak Williams scored along with Brayden Aaron to make a ...

The Salem Lady Cats held off Carlyle as they beat the Lady Indians 2-1. Kaitlyn Banning scored in the fifth to give Salem a 1-0 lead. They added on in the sixth when Delaney Kell singled to start the ...

At the Complex in softball action, in a game resumed from earlier, United Medical Response defeated Caseys 11-9. Bria Murray struck out 13 and led the offense with 2 hits including a double, 2 runs an...

over Security Alarm 14-10, Odin Caf beat BSI 25-21 and Alpha & Omega over Prestige 21-10.

Chicago Cubs (24-22, second in the NL Central) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (18-28, fifth in the NL Central) Pittsburgh; Tuesday, 6:35 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Cubs: Jake Arrieta (4-4, 4.47 ERA, 1.28 WH...

St. Louis Cardinals (26-21, first in the NL Central) vs. Chicago White Sox (27-19, first in the AL Central) Chicago; Tuesday, 8:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Cardinals: Jack Flaherty (8-0, 2.53 ERA,...

CHICAGO (AP) - White Sox manager Tony La Russa wound up a winner in his first game against the team that ensured his Hall of Fame induction as Chicago beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-1 behind Lance Lyn...

UNDATED (AP) - Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 31 points and Bryn Forbes led Milwaukee's scorching start from 3-point range as the Bucks trounced the Miami Heat 132-98 to extend their lead in this first-...