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High school and local college results and highlights from the Southland, Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County coverage areas. Email Daily Southtown results to southtownsports@gmail.com, Beacon-News, Courier-News and Naperville Sun results to tribwestsports@gmail.com and News-Sun results to newssunsports@gmail.com.  FRIDAY’S RESULTS HIGH SCHOOLS BOYS BASKETBALL Aurora … [Read more...] about Basketball and local scores for the Southland, Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County

The market may be heating up for free agency’s top reliever. Jon Morosi of the MLB Network reports that Tanner Scott is weighing multiple multi-year offers and may choose his team by this weekend. Morosi suggests that the Cubs are among Scott’s top suitors. Chicago president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer said this week that the bullpen is “probably the area we’ve been … [Read more...] about Tanner Scott Weighing Multiple Offers, Could Sign This Weekend

Neighbors were stunned and confused after a 35-year-old woman was found shot to death early Thursday morning in the Portage Park neighborhood on the Far Northwest Side in what police described as a domestic-related incident. A man described in a police report as the woman’s partner was charged Friday night. Robert Pasco, 42, faces one felony charge of unlawful use of a weapon … [Read more...] about Portage Park man charged in connection to pregnant partner’s shooting death

SAN FRANCISCO — If it feels like TikTok has been around forever, that’s probably because it has, at least if you’re measuring via internet time. What’s now in question is whether it will be around much longer and, if so, in what form? Starting in 2017, when the Chinese social video app merged with its competitor Musical.ly, TikTok has grown from a niche teen app into a global … [Read more...] about How TikTok grew from a fun app for teens into a potential national security threat