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A man who killed a Bradley police sergeant with her own weapon in December 2021 was found guilty in her murder by a Kankakee County jury Thursday after approximately 70 minutes of deliberation.

Susanna Sullivan, the sixth-place finisher from the 2022 Bank of America Chicago Marathon, is returning to the streets of Chicago in October. Country: USA Standout Race: 2023 London Marathon At the 2023 London Marathon, Sullivan set her personal best marathon time, running 2:24:27 for a 10th-place finish in the race. More Information: After finishi...

Southwest Airlines executives on Thursday unveiled their vision for Southwest 2.0, an airline that for the first time will give passengers assigned seats, charge them extra for more legroom and offer red-eye flights but bags still will fly free. Here’s when all the changes are expected to go into effect.

A top 10 finisher in the last two Bank of America Chicago Marathons, Sara Vaughn will return for her third straight Chicago Marathon in October. Country: USA Standout Race: 2023 Chicago Marathon Last year’s Chicago Marathon went exceptionally well for the American, despite finishing three places lower than she did in 2022. But she set a perso...

Ethiopian marathoner Buze Diriba will make her Bank of America Chicago Marathon debut this October coming off an impressive last two years of racing. Country: Ethiopia Standout Race: 2023 Toronto Marathon After winning the Pittsburgh Half Marathon in May 2023, Diriba came back and won her next race at the Toronto Marathon, running a personal best o...

American marathoner Emma Bates will return for the 2024 Bank of America Chicago Marathon after finishing 13th in last year’s race. Country: USA Standout Race: 2023 Chicago Marathon Bates finished 13th in last year’s Chicago Marathon, running 2:25:04. However, she partially tore her plantar fascia in the process of that race, setting her...

According to officials, each U.S. household can request up to four free COVID tests. Here’s how to order the kits in Illinois.

Former Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose officially announced his retirement from the NBA on Thursday after 16 seasons in the league. He announced his decision on Instagram. Will the Bulls retire Rose’s trademark No. 1 jersey? Rose’s No. 1 is unofficially retired, as Michael Carter-Williams and Anthony Morrow briefly wore it before...

Thursday morning, TODAY co-anchor Hoda Kotb made an emotional announcement on live television that she was planning to step down from the NBC show after five years. But what exactly is next for her?

NBA MVP Derrick Rose is officially retiring from the NBA after 16 seasons, the former Chicago Bulls player announced on Instagram Thursday morning. “You believed in me through the highs and lows, my constant when everything else seemed uncertain,” the post read in part. “You showed me what love truly meant.” The posts showed...

TODAY’s Hoda Kotb announced Thursday in a letter to staff and on live television that she will step down after more than five years as co-anchor in an emotional moment in front of her co-workers.

Derrick Rose was, and still is, the youngest MVP in NBA history, winning that award when he was just 22 as the highlight of what would become a 16-year career.

Early voting in Illinois begins Thursday for many parts of Illinois, including most counties in the Chicago area.