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Emma Jean (Adcock) Crabtree, 67, of Hagerstown, died Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011, at Meritus Medical Center. Born July 17, 1944, in Chase City, Va., she was the daughter of the late Emmit Lee and June (Feathers) Adcock. She is survived by her loving husband...

Health officials said today they have found the first birds to be infected with West Nile virus this year in Illinois in LaSalle and Sandwich counties. The birds were collected on June 8 and tested positive for the virus today, according to a statement...

If you see a mistake, please send us an e-mail Thursday, Oct. 3 schedule All games 3:30 p.m. unless noted Chicago Public Big Shoulders Hyde Park vs. Schurz at Lane Chicago Public Second City Sullivan vs. Orr, 7:30 p.m. at Hanson Tilden vs. Washington, 7:...

CLASS AA Sectionals 5:30 p.m., Tue., Feb. 25 At Hersey Conant 33, Libertyville 26 Wheeling 32, Grant 31 Conant 33, Wheeling 25 At Morton (Ill.) Mahomet-Seymour 38, La Salle-Peru 28 Bloomington 40, East Peoria 6 Mahomet-Seymour 32, Bloomington 29 At...

Two pilots spraying insecticide in an effort to kill mosquitoes that spread West Nile virus died early Saturday after their Piper Aztec twin-engine plane clipped a communications tower and plummeted into a Polk County orange grove. Harold Miller, 53,...

State finals At Redbird Arena, Illinois State University, Normal Fri., Nov. 9 Augusta Southeastern d. St. Joseph-Ogden 15-4, 15-6 Breese Mater Dei d. Huntley 15-5, 17-15 Quincy Notre Dame d. Byron 15-13, 15-9 Mt. Pulaski d. Benton 15-8, 15-6 Sat., Nov. 10...

Seedings in parentheses STATE FINALS At Redbird Arena, Illinois State University, Normal Fri., Nov. 14 quarterfinals Lanark Eastland d. Fulton 12-25, 25-18, 25-13 Wheaton St. Francis d. Breese Central 25-21, 25-20 Mt. Pulaski d. Benton 25-14, 25-14...

State finals At EastSide Centre, East Peoria Fri., June 4 Rock Falls 4, Casey-Westfield 0 Warrensburg-Latham 1, Taylor Ridge Rockridge 0 Nashville 10, St. Francis de Sales 0 Beecher 4, Pinckneyville 2 Sat., June 5 Warrensburg-Latham 2, Rock Falls 0, 20...

In bracket order CLASS AA State finals Saturday, Feb. 28 at Wharton Fieldhouse, Moline Dundee-Crown 33, Grant 28 Providence 38, Minooka 21 St. Rita 57, Notre Dame 11 Glenbard North 31, Granite City 30 Providence 35, Dundee-Crown 30 St. Rita 37, Glenbard...

103 pounds Championship Bracket Preliminary Round: Steve Andrukaitis, Rockford Lutheran dec. Ricky Leos, Burlington Central, 8-5. Cort Lawton, Polo dec. Steven Sifft, Sandwich, 2-0. Eddie Garrett, Mt. Carmel dec. Cody Leemon, Hoopeston Area, 7-6....

State finals At EastSide Centre, East Peoria Fri., June 6 Braidwood Reed-Custer 8, Dakota 1 Stanford Olympia 1, Casey-Westfield 0 Piasa Southwestern 2, Norris City-Omaha-Enfield 1 Beardstown 2, Rock Island Alleman 1 Sat., June 7 Stanford Olympia 12,...

(WGN-AM)- A 31-year old man who beat a widowed St. Charles mother of four to death with a hammer while she was delivering pizza was sentenced to 81 years in prison on Monday. Bradley Justice of Sandwich, Ill., showed no emotion when DuPage County Judge...