Batavia takes over the top spot, while Oswego East and Marmion also join the rankings.
Rick Armstrong’s Aurora-Elgin area football rankings and players of the week
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Ex-Ald. Edward Burke to report to prison, where he’ll be federal inmate No. 53698-424
Former Chicago Ald. Edward M. Burke famously spent decades at the pinnacle of the city’s political power structure, but on Monday he was bestowed a new, rather inglorious title. Federal inmate No. 53698-424. Burke, 80, checked himself into the low security federal prison camp at Terre Haute, Indiana, over to weekend to begin serving his two-year sentence on a corruption case that sent shockwaves through the political establishment and tanked Burke’s record run as the city’s longest-serving alderman. The camp, which houses about 260 male inmates, is situated 180 miles due south of Chicago. While no official release date has […]
Rock-painting project gets community involved with Peace Garden in Batavia
The Batavia Parks Foundation, which has been celebrating the United Nations International Day of Peace on Sept. 21 the past few years, elected to recognize the day differently this year with a pop-up event on Saturday at Riverwalk South Plaza near the Peace Bridge in Batavia.
A late TD catch by Jorden Brown takes Reavis past Eisenhower. Why did he come up big? ‘It’s money time.’
Jorden Brown scored his third TD on an 11-yard pass with 5:32 left, securing a 23-20 South Suburban Red win in Burbank.
Grayslake Central’s Eric Brum doesn’t ‘get in the way’ of his success and sees the difference. So does everyone else.
Brum, who struggled last year, is hard to miss on the field this season. He rarely leaves it.
Police: Man fatally shot in Washington Park early Sunday
Officers found the man on the ground. He was unresponsive and had a gunshot wound in his head, according to Chicago police.
Chicago homicides in 2024: 422 people slain. Here’s how that compares with previous years.
Chicago homicide data, which is updated on this page weekly, is through Sept. 19, 2024.
CPD: 1 killed, 6 wounded in weekend shooting at Little Village prayer vigil
A man was killed and six other people were wounded in shooting at a prayer vigil in Little Village Saturday night, according to Chicago police.
Steve Millar’s Daily Southtown football rankings and players of the week
St. Rita, Joliet Catholic and St. Laurence move up in the rankings topped by Lincoln-Way East.
Big Rock Plowing Match helps community reconnect with its rural roots
The three-day Big Rock Plowing Match festival, a 130-year-old annual event, was held Friday through Sunday in Big Rock.