Last week, Gerron Trapps of the Manual boys basketball team was named JS athlete of the week. Qattum scored eight of his game-high 13 points in helping Richwoods to a 64-56 win over Manual in the Class 3A Peoria High Regional title game on Friday.

Kinnley Smith of the Canton girls wrestling team was voted as the Journal Star athlete of the week. Smith made history in becoming the first Canton female wrestler to win a state medal at Saturday's IHSA state finals.

MOUNT STERLING -- An 8-1 run to start the fourth quarter turned a 30-29 deficit into a 37-31 lead as the Routt boys’ basketball team beat Brown County 53-46 Friday night to claim a share of the Western Illinois Valley Conference championship. It was the ...

Walls is being held at the Polk County Jail on $1 million bond and will ... Friends described Carr as a loyal friend who wanted to finish high school and pursue a career in music. JahZire Brown, a longtime friend, told the Des Moines Register that Carr ...

Three homicides were recorded this past week in Dolton, according to the Cook County medical examiner, while an investigation continues of an 18-year-old shot to death in Homewood.

Quincy Notre Dame had a successful night in their quad wrestling meet at Camp Point and their co-op Brown County High School on Tuesday.

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Two long-time Lake County school board members marked their final meetings last week as packed audiences celebrated their tenures.

Rich Township High School District 227 Board President Andrea Bonds will face voters for the first time since voting to close Rich East, as will Randy Alexander, who voted against the closing.

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