Galesburg boys pro-active with schedule (Peoria Journal Star)
Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:42:59 GMT
Galesburg canceled its Tuesday varsity boys basketball home game with Notre Dame rather than risk a violation of an Illinois High School rule concerning the number of regular-season games a team can play.
Macy's theft prompts chase, smashed police windshield (The Telegraph)
Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:45:27 GMT
ALTON - Three swift, prolific thieves hit stores at Alton Square twice last week, the second time dashing out of Macy's with 35 coats and leading police on a chase into Missouri.
Kids learn their financial ABCs (Quad-City Times)
Sun, 14 Feb 2010 03:54:57 GMT
Marcellus Angel of Rock Island hopes he remembers some of whathe learned at Junior Achievement of the Heartlands JA Finance Parkwhen he becomes an adult.
Streaks Notebook: Junk gets early start on records (The Galesburg Register-Mail)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:30:03 GMT
Hardly two weeks have passed since the indoor season began, and Luke Junk is already breaking records.
Wacaser sentenced to 16 years in federal prison (The State Journal-Register)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:10:00 GMT
URBANA A former basketball talent scout with a history of bank robberies, impersonating sports figures and forgery was sentenced Thursday to 16 years, seven months in federal prison.
Will third time be a charm for Tigers? (Edwardsville Intelligencer)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:58:06 GMT
The stinging memory of Kenny Leverettes shoe lying in the lane and Edwardsville native Jared Woolfolks desperation floater tickling the twine as time expired will be weighing heavily on the minds of the Tiger faithful tonight.
Schuckman: QHS, East Moline ready for latest chapter in 'nasty' rivalry (Quincy Herald-Whig)
Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:10:39 GMT
Sean Taylor had no trouble finding the word that most aptly describes the rivalry between the Quincy High School and East Moline boys basketball teams.
Riverdale school board president keeps post despite indictment (Quad-City Times)
Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:24:35 GMT
The president of the Riverdale, Ill., school board continues inthat role despite a federal indictment that accuses him of multiplecounts of fraud involving out-of-state school districts, twouniversities and his former employer, a local substance-abuseagency.