New head coach has high expectations (The Pekin Daily Times)

5 September 2008, 1:55 pm

Times correspondent PEKIN - Andy Weinberg is gone after 12 successful years as coach of the Pekin High School girls swimming and diving team.... read more

Meetings teach RISD parents about school year (WQAD Moline)

4 September 2008, 1:33 pm

ROCK ISLAND, Illinois -- Parents of children in Rock Island-Milan School District 41 are invited to hear about big changes in the coming academic year.... read more

Illinois High School Football Top 10 Poll (WHOI Peoria)

3 September 2008, 7:44 am

Wednesday, September 03, 2008 at 9:38 a.m. SPRINGFIELD, ILL. (AP) -- Chicago's Mount Carmel football teams leads The Associated Press' high school prep poll this week in Class 8A.... read more

You shall not pass (The Homer Sun)

3 September 2008, 2:08 am

Not surprisingly, when 250-pound Patrick Ward enrolled at Providence Catholic as a freshman, the Homer Glen native and son of former University of Illinois offensive tackle Brian Ward adjusted the radar of his brain on that rock-star position.... read more

Illinois High School Football Top 10 Poll, 9/2/08 (WIFR Rockford)

2 September 2008, 8:54 pm

Here are the final rankings of Illinois high school football teams in each class, according to an Associated Press panel of sportswriters:... read more

Lioen opposes Hare for 17th seat (The Galesburg Register-Mail)

2 September 2008, 4:33 pm

Mark Lioen, a Rock Island independent, is on the approved list of write-in candidates for Congress in the 17th Congressional District, which includes Knox County. Congressman Phil Hare, D-Rock Island, is the incumbent.... read more

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