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8+ hour, 27+ min ago  (367+ words) Check your Powerball tickets, Illinois: You may not have won the $1.87 billion jackpot in Wednesday's Christmas Eve drawing, but three lucky tickets sold somewhere in the state won $50,000 each, and nearly 400 tickets won cash prizes of at at least $100. It…...

9+ hour, 56+ min ago  (689+ words) Join the Club: Become a Westword Member and Rock With Insipidus and Broken Record at the Crypt December 29! "Over the years of renting at The People's Building, the reason I chose this use for 1400 Dallas Arts is because we were…...

11+ hour, 23+ min ago  (392+ words) Along with the $50,000 winning tickets, nearly 400 tickets sold in Illinois scored at least $100. Three lucky Illinois Powerball players scored $50,000 each from Wednesday's Christmas Eve drawing -- and two of those tickets were sold in the Chicago suburbs. According to the Illinois…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (1015+ words) Illinois basketball has had quite the run to start the 2025-26 season. The Illini currently sit at 9-3 overall, with the only three losses coming to teams that are ranked inside the top 15 in the current AP Top 25. Illinois' solid start isn't…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (383+ words) A Christmas Eve shooting in Aurora that has left two individuals dead and three wounded was "targeted," according to an Aurora Police Department spokesperson. "This was not a random shooting," Gabby Easterwood told The Denver Gazette. "The people knew each…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (530+ words) The Illinois assisted suicide law has triggered an unusually direct rebuke from Pope Leo, pulling a state-level decision in the United States into a widening global dispute over end-of-life policy, medical ethics, and the role of the state in decisions…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (411+ words) Illinois basketball forward Ben Humrichous may have just had one of the best 24 hours in the history of the program. This past Monday, the former Evansville Purple Ace was a part of a dominating 91-48 Braggin' Rights win over the Missouri…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (264+ words) (NBC CHICAGO) - An Illinois sweets company is recalling bags of popular holiday bark sold at beloved grocery stores nationwide because they may contain undeclared allergens that could lead to "life-threatening" allergic reactions if consumed. The voluntary recall, issued by Silvestri…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (523+ words) NEW YORK " A coalition of 19 states and the District of Columbia on Tuesday sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, its secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and its inspector general over a declaration that could complicate access to gender-affirming care…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (492+ words) $1 million winning ticket sold at Deerfield gas station this week DEERFIELD, Ill. (WLS) -- The Powerball jackpot has soared to one of the largest in the lottery game's history. The current jackpot is estimated to be $1.7 billion for the drawing on Christmas…...