Two officers were injured in a crash with another vehicle Saturday night, Minneapolis police said.Investigators say the two officers were driving in a squad car with lights and sirens activated at Chicago Avenue and 9th Street South around 10:31 p.m. on Saturday. They then collided with a security vehicle.The two officers were brought to the hospital with non-life-threatening in...

In 2009, Chicagoan Jane Bertch began establishing a culinary school business in Paris, which is raison dtre for her debut memoir. Readers who come for the food, know this: Puff pastry secrets are not disclosed, and the books title does not refer to butter. The authors revelations deal with much broader issues, some of which […]The post

Did you hear the one about the Russian Jew from Minnesota who walked into a Chicago bar to sell the owner Swedish booze? Sure, it sounds like the set-up of a bad joke, but it's a true story and one entertainingly told by journalist Josh Noel in Malrt: The Redemption of a Revered and Reviled Spirit.The post I...

This weekend, Wicked lights up cinema screens across the country and around the world, joining Mamma Mia! and Chicago and Hairspray among Broadway musicals and A Few Good Men, The Odd Couple, Arsenic and Old Lace and (let us newspaper people not forget) The Front Page among straight plays that found big-screen success. And though its early yet, th...

It fell to Fred Harris, chair of the Democratic National Committee in 1969 and 1970, to help heal the party's wounds from the tumultuous national convention in 1968 when protesters and police clashed in Chicago.

WASHINGTON (AP) Georgetown coach Ed Cooley apologized on social media for a derogatory comment he made about Illinois after his team’s beat Saint Francis at home. Cooley used colorful language to disparage Illinois when talking about junior guard Jayden Epps, who played his freshman season there. Cooley posted to social media that the comment was made in jest and acknowledged it was a...

PISCATAWAY On their way out of SHI Stadium on Saturday afternoon, it was hard to not overhear many of what was left of the announced crowd of 47,524 fans using some four letter words in association with Greg Schiano. None of them seemed to be CHOP, either. The Rutgers head coachs decision to call […]

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) Will Riley scored his 19 points in the second half and No. 25 Illinois beat Maryland Eastern Shore 87-40 on Saturday. Kylan Boswell added 13 points, Tomislav Ivisic had 11 and Morez Johnson Jr. finished with 10 for the Illini (4-1), who shot 25% (10 for 40) from 3-point range but committed just nine turnovers. Jalen Ware scored 10 points and Christopher Flippin had 10 r...

Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano called a timeout that gave Illinois a chance to see how tough a field goal would have been, allowing the Illinois offense to win the game.

NORMAL, Ill. (AP) Wenkers Wright ran for 118 yards and two touchdowns and No. 13 Illinois State knocked off North Dakota for the first time, 35-13 in the regular season finale for both teams. The Redbirds are 9-2 (6-2 Missouri Valley Conference) and are looking to reach the FCS playoffs for the first time since 2019 and sixth time in Brock Spacks 16 seasons as head coach.Copyrigh...

Luke Altmyer found Pat Bryant for a catch-and-run, 40-yard touchdown pass with 4 seconds left, sending No. 24 Illinois to a wild victory over Rutgers.

A food vendor with a Concealed Carry License shot and killed an armed man in the Austin neighborhood Friday night, according to Chicago police. The food vendor, a 35-year-old man, was approached around 8:50 p.m. in the 300 block of South Central Avenue by an unknown man, who police estimate is 30 years old. There was a brief struggle between the two men, where the attacker pulled out a gun, poli...

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) Luke Altmyer found Pat Bryant for a catch-and-run, 40-yard touchdown pass with 4 seconds left, sending No. 24 Illinois to a wild 38-31 victory over Rutgers on Saturday.Illinois (8-3, 5-3 Big Ten) was down 31-30 when it sent long kicker Ethan Moczulski out for a desperation 58-yard field goal with 14 seconds to go. Rutgers coach Greg Schiano then called for a...