Category Archives: Local Sports

Corey Kluber turned in a dominating performance, striking out nine in six-plus innings as the Indians shut out the Cubs 6-0 in game one of the World Series. Cleveland's Roberto Perez homered twice and...

Regional Volleyball: Class 1A: -Chrisman defeats Arcola: 25-16, 25-17 -Cisne defeats Dieterich: 25-15, 25-14 -Clay City defeats Pakota: 25-18, 25-9 -Mt. Pulaski defeats St.Elmo/Brownstown: 25-14, 25-1...

Class 2A Soccer: Final: Springfield (H.S) 5- Mattoon 1

The Eastern Illinois University volleyball team has played four consecutive five-set matches. Two those came last weekend--the Panthers upended Jacksonville State before falling to Tennessee Tech. A l...

Next year? It can wait. The Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians play Game 1 of the World Series, each with hopes of ending a long championship drought. Chicago hasn't been to the Series since 1945 and ...

Regional Volleyball: Class 3A: Mattoon vs. Paris, Charleston plays Mt. Zion, Effingham against Rochester, and Olney takes on Highland Class 2: Tri-County plays Georgetown-Ridge Farm, Arthur-Lovington/...

Jay Cutler Cleared To Return (Chicago, IL) -- The Bears' Jay Cutler could be returning to the gridiron very soon. Head coach John Fox says the veteran quarterback has been cleared to return from a thu...

Arian Foster Retires From NFL (Miami, FL) -- Four-time Pro Bowl running back Arian Foster is calling it a career. The 30-year-old announced his retirement from the NFL on Monday. Foster says he can no...

Rauner Makes World Series Bet With Ohio Governor (Chicago, IL) -- Governor Rauner is making a bet with his counterpart in Ohio leading up to the World Series. Standing in front of Wrigley Field yester...

Regional Volleyball: Tonight Regional Volleyball competition takes place throughout the area. Check out final scores below! Class 1A: -Bement defeats Villa Grove: 25-14, 25-20 -Cerro Gordo defeats Oka...