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Lightning in a bottle

Last year a lightning storm that passed through town ended the Morris vs. Yorkville regional soccer match. Right after the Foxes got the lone goal of the game, a bolt shot across the sky for the first time and the storm never left and Yorkville walked away with a shortened 1-0 victory. This year Mor ... Read More »

Minooka girls soccer wins regional for first time in 14 years

JOLIET — It had been so long since the Minooka girl’s soccer program had won a regional title that some of their varsity players hadn’t even been born yet.

Question & Answer with GSW pitcher Mike Goodwin

GARDNER — Gardner-South Wilmington baseball coach Todd Grieff knows how the Panthers’ bread is buttered these days. Heading into postseason action, it is only logical then tha

Collection expands

JOLIET — Minooka won its second straight Class 3A boys track and field sectional Thursday night, totaling 117 points for a 49-point win over second-place Plainfield East.

National

Who to cheer at Preakness? It has to be Orb

(MCT) BALTIMORE — You've gotta root for Orb. Come on, you've gotta root for Orb. "Everybody should be rooting for Orb except the connections of the other horses," Bob Baffert ... Read More »

Soccer great David Beckham to retire

(MCT) LOS ANGELES — David Beckham is retiring. ... Again. Only this time, after a couple of false starts with the Galaxy over the last three years, the former captain of Engla ... Read More »

Columns

Minooka track teams are in elite at State

MINOOKA — If this is not the greatest season in the history of the Minooka girls track and field program, it certainly merits a spot on its Mount Rushmore. This weekend, the I ... Read More »

Drama continues as Lady Coalers prepare for sectionals

HERSCHER — Well, it didn’t take long to experience some real high school postseason drama. It came on the very first day of spring regional competition where the Coal City soc ... Read More »

Sports Blog

Latest loss leaves Bears with little wiggle room

I've been saying the Bears could afford to lose to the Texans and the 49ers and be OK. I'll stick by my words. Obviously, the manner in which the Bears have gone from 7-1 to 7 ... Read More »

Baker signing overshadowed, but it's got significance

Somehow the Cubs' signing of a non-star pitcher coming off of Tommy John surgery was overshadowed in the baseball world by the Marlins dumping a handful of stars to Toronto. B ... Read More »

Reader Poll

Were you impacted by last week's flooding?

Yes, but only inconvenienced by closed streets
Yes, water got close, but everything worked out OK
Yes, I had to evacuate my home or workplace
Yes, my house sustained extensive damage
No, I managed to avoid it all