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The Great Flood Of 1993 Remains Worst River Flooding US Has Ever Seen After 25 Years

Over the course of a three-month period in the summer of 1993, a slow-moving and historic flooding disaster.

Zenger · Jun 12, 2023

Senate panel to question agencies on key foreign surveillance tool - Roll Call

Lawmakers of both parties are using the expiration of the law known as FISA this year as a leverage point to demand changes.

Roll Call · Jun 12, 2023

Sky coach/GM James Wade brings in Khaalia Hillsman and Taylor Soule on hardship contracts

The WNBA’s rule for using emergency hardship contracts requires a team to fall below 10 available players. The Sky had fallen to eight.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 11, 2023

Debt ceiling vote: takeaways and how the Illinois congressional delegation voted

When Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., was sure there were enough votes to pass the debt ceiling measure, she voted no. But if her vote was needed, she would have been a yes.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 1, 2023

Former ‘Family Feud’ contestant Timothy Bliefnick guilty in wife’s slaying

QUINCY, Ill. — A jury Wednesday convicted a former contestant on the television game show “Family Feud” of first-degree murder and home invasion in the slaying of his estranged wife in western Illinois.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 1, 2023

Debt limit package passes House, heads to Senate - Roll Call

The House passed a bill Wednesday night to suspend the debt limit past the 2024 elections, sending the measure to the Senate.

Roll Call · Jun 1, 2023

2023 USA TODAY Sports/AVCA boys volleyball regional rankings

The best volleyball teams in the West, Midwest, South, and Northeast regions as the 2023 season heads into June.

USA Today Sports Media Group · May 31, 2023

William Brandt Jr., influential Democrat, corporate restructuring pioneer, dies at 73

U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., said, ‘Bill was always a no-bulls---, honest and direct sounding board — whether we agreed or not.’

Chicago Sun-Times · May 31, 2023

He was a beloved farming legend. But for Reddit, his work ethic meant something else

David Brandt, who died last week, was an Ohio farmer known for his pioneering work in no-till farming. But social media users knew him better as the overall-clad farmer from the "honest work" meme.

WEKU · May 30, 2023

Mom creates garden where son was shot, hoping people will remember him, maybe help solve his killing

“We just want justice for him, and we just want his name to be remembered,” said Nicole D’Vignon, the mother of Nicolaus Cooper, gunned down in March in Chicago Heights.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 28, 2023