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Saturday, November 25, 2017

Last-second field goal lifts Rochester to seventh state title

DEKALB - Senior quarterback Nic Baker put Rochester High School in position, but it was Clay Alewelt's leg that won the …

Cities want cut in Illinois' sales tax collection fee

Just weeks after lawmakers approved the spending and tax package that ended the state's budget impasse, an effort got un…

Pleasant Plains loses 35-0, takes 2nd in state

DEKALB -- Their unexpected run from the bottom of the south bracket ended one victory short of a Class 3A state football…

Colleges, high schools use 'Hamilton' to enhance teaching

CHICAGO - More than 2,000 students got into the hottest show in Chicago for free - "Hamilton: An American Musical " - as…

Soon-to-open South Grand restaurant gives back on Thanksgiving

The seed for Thursday's free Thanksgiving dinner at Nickey's Southern Style Kitchen was planted about 20 years ago.Back …

Pleasant Plains will carry Paul Tewes' memory to state

PLEASANT PLAINS - Everyone in the Pleasant Plains High School football community has said more or less the same thing th…

Ryan Mahan: Morris may be best team Rochester has met in playoffs

Back on Oct. 21, when the Illinois High School Association football playoff pairings came out, I quickly assessed the Cl…

Dave Kane: For fighting chance, Plains must dodge Rocky start vs. IC Catholic

Yes, Elmhurst IC Catholic High School blindsided Carlinville a year ago in Champaign, leading the Cavaliers 15-0 one min…

Laura Campbell suspended from IDOT job for interviewing friend for job

Laura Campbell, the wife of Sangamon County Republican sheriff candidate Jack Campbell, served a 30-day suspension from …

Struggle for basic supplies continues in Puerto Rico two months after hurricane

FAJARDO, Puerto Rico - One after another, Carmen De Jesús Rodríguez, a 92-year Fajardo native, began listing a…

Rochester's 'superfan,' 90, is a fixture at Rockets football games

When the Rochester High School football team travels to DeKalb for the Class 4A state football championship game on Frid…

Pleasant Plains football 'pioneers' excited about Cardinals' playoff run

When young men like Justin Saathoff and Parker Norris were playing football for Pleasant Plains High School 15 years ago…

Man accused of burglary jumps into Lake Springfield, is arrested

A Springfield man accused of burglary ran into Lake Springfield early Wednesday in an apparent attempt to elude Springfi…

Habitat house a start for new traditions for Springfield family

Chris and Charlene Herrod have a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving.After years of dreaming of owning their own ho…

Jim Ruppert: Best Rochester team ever? Must win Friday to be in that conversation

And to think before this football season began, Rochester High School was picked to finish third in the Central State Ei…

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