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College Sports
The 7-foot Cockburn averaged 17.7 points and 9.5 rebounds per game as a sophomore last season to earn a second-team spot on the AP All-America team. Jackson-Davis has been Indiana's best player the past two seasons, leading the Hoosiers in scoring, rebounding and blocked shots.
Law
Over 4 decades later, authorities are still working to unravel the horrors that John Wayne Gacy committed in the Chicago area.
Cubs
Bokhari was a visiting assistant professor in the statistics department during the 2014-15 academic year at the University of Illinois, where he earned his master's degree in statistics in 2011 and doctorate in quantitative psychology in 2014.
Bears
Wew, lads. Not gonna lie to ya, that one was pretty rough.
Chicago Journal
Cefolia, who was a senior vice president of worldwide sales for Chicago-based United Airlines, was reported missing in August 2020.
Chicago Journal
Illinois Democrats unveiled an updated version of their new Congressional map on Saturday and, you guessed it, it's even worse than the first.
Chicago Journal
Even if they were at full strength, the Bears are in for another tough task. Brady may not own the Bears the way Aaron Rodgers has over the years, but the three-time MVP is 5-1 in six games against Chicago.
Chicago Journal
Illinois stuns #7 Penn State in Happy Valley, Purdue falls back to earth, and Michigan stays unbeaten to set up a must-watch Paul Bunyan Trophy game in East Lansing.
Chicago Journal
Detroit opened the game on a 9-0 run, but Vucevic kick-started the Bulls with five points and three rebounds within a one-minute stretch. DeMar DeRozan finished the night as leading scorer with 21 points.
Chicago Journal
New Head Coach Bret Bielema gets the Illini their biggest win of the year and biggest since the program's 2019 victory over then-ranked #6 Wisconsin (which also happened to be their 3rd October game that season).
Chicago Journal
DuPage County Forest Preserve District police Chief David Pederson said it did not seem like a natural cause of death but the coroner's office will make the official determination.
Business
CEO Gerard Donnelly plans to retire in September 2022 after celebrating the arboretum's centennial anniversary. Donnelly has led the arboretum, which includes more than 1,700 tree-filled acres in Lisle, since 1990.