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Russian Billionaire Suddenly Abandoned This Illinois Mansion?
It sounds like something you'd see in a spy thriller, but it's a real life Illinois thing. Neighbors have wondered out loud why a Russian billionaire just suddenly abandoned an exotic Illinois mansion and left the country. The mystery begins with an investigation of this out of the way Illinois...
Doctor suffering heart attack during Illinois marathon saved by son
URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — Doctor Rafael Ruggeri was running the Christie Clinic Illinois Marathon this year when he suddenly collapsed at Meadowbrook Park. He was having a heart attack. Luckily, his son Isaac was running with him, and Isaac had just been trained on CPR a few weeks before...
Brookfield 11-U softball tops Riverside for district title
Solid pitching by Molly Beattie and Leila Chavez helped the Brookfield Little League softball 11-and-Under all-stars capture the District 9 championship at Sedgwick Park in La Grange. Moments after the clinching victory, July 16, the pair were even stronger together. During the postgame celebration, coach Andy Righeimer was doused by...
Brookfield Majors 12-U softball comes one win from state title
The Brookfield Little League softball Major 12-and-under all-stars were fueled by success and high expectations. That was the only disappointment as another great run came up just one victory short with a 6-1 loss to Clarendon Hills, July 10, in the state championship game in downstate Rushville. Team members are...
The Bulls' confusing offseason has already cost them a golden opportunity
With the start of the 2024-25 NBA season a little over three months away, the Chicago Bulls are one of several teams already looking ahead to the 2025 NBA Draft and a chance to land Cooper Flagg in a star-studded class. In order to have any chance of landing Flagg,...
La Niña could impact Illinois weather in fall and winter, and here's how
The National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center is growing more confident in the emergence of a La Niña weather pattern later this year, and it would have significant impacts on fall and winter weather in the Chicago area. According to the latest updates from the CPC, there is...
Don’t Go in the Water – 38 Illinois Places Have Swimming Warnings
Summertime is all about getting outside and enjoying the nice weather and swimming is a vital part of that. However, there are now 38 places in Illinois that now have urgent swimming warnings about staying out of the water. As a general rule, I check the Illinois Beach Guard System...
Election integrity efforts underway as IL early voting begins in two months
(The Center Square) – With early voting for the Nov. 5 election beginning in just over two months in Illinois, the political parties are putting out their election integrity teams. Early voting in Illinois begins 40 days before the November election in Illinois, or around Sept. 26. Former Illinois GOP Chairman Don Tracy said Illinois voting needs reforms. “You know it used to be we had election day, now we...
BenU awarded the Illinois State Library Open Educational Resources Grant.
This grant is from the Illinois State Library and Illinois Office of the Secretary of State. Projects are funded using general revenue funds allocated to the Secretary of State/Illinois State Library specifically for Open Education Resources. Governor Pritzker allotted about $3 million dollars to the Illinois State Library so that the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI), which the Benedictine University Library is a member of, will get to take advantage of the grant resources. Benedictine University Library was awarded $132,716.00 in grant funds that will cover five Benedictine University faculty course projects to convert, revise, or create course materials into open sourced textbooks and ancillary materials for general education 1000 courses, including College Algebra, Writing 1101, World History before 1600, Islamic Literature, and Introduction to Business. This allows our students to not worry about the cost of course materials for these courses, which can be considerable. The grant stipulates that the courses must be taught with the newly adopted course materials by Spring of 2026, and then taught for a subsequent 3 years after that.
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