Denver Nuggets win first NBA championship title in victory over Miami Heat
The Denver Nuggets won their first NBA championship after defeating the Miami Heat 94-89 in Game 5 at Ball Arena in Denver on Monday night. Two-time MVP Nikola Jokić led the Nuggets with a game-high 28 points
With Spring Valley hospital closure, which ER are you going to? You’ll pick in some cases
If you live in the Illinois Valley and need an ambulance, your local EMS provider is likely to ask which hospital you’d like to be taken to. Most EMS directors said with St. Margaret’s Health-Spring Valley closing
Ottawa Lions Club carnival to run June 14-17
The Ottawa Lions Club carnival is scheduled Wednesday, June 14, through Saturday, June 17, at the Jordan block. Advanced wristbands for unlimited rides will be sold for $25 at the Ottawa Visitors Center, 1028 La Salle St.,
Body is pulled from wreckage of I-95 truck fire in Philadelphia
On Monday, rescue workers pulled a body from the wreckage of the tanker truck fire beneath an Interstate 95 overpass in Philadelphia. The grim discovery came as demolition crews prepared to dismantle part of the southbound lanes
1 person dead after tour boat capsizes inside cave along the Erie Canal
One person died after being trapped for at least an hour, after a tour boat capsized Monday morning in a cave along the Erie Canal in Upstate New York. The tour was carrying passengers and one staff
Write Team: Get lost in the healing of nature
“Lose yourself in nature and find peace.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson, Frost, Whitman and Thoreau. Fabulous poets throughout time whose main character in most of their writing was nature. Finding yourself lost in nature is an
Eye On Illinois: New Choate report reinforces what we know about broken system
By now the word “Choate” in any headline triggers a preventive response: everything that follows will be on the spectrum between unpleasant and gut-wrenching. We quite rarely consider Clyde Choate, the 30-year veteran of the Illinois House
Senate opens investigation into PGA Tour merger with LIV Golf
Sen. Richard Blumenthal announced Monday he has opened an inquiry into the merger of PGA Tour and Saudi-backed LIV Golf. In letters to PGA Commissioner Jay Monahan and LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman, Blumenthal, D-Conn., requested details of the
Carrie Underwood shares “Take Me Out” from deluxe edition of ‘Denim & Rhinestones’
Carrie Underwood announced a deluxe edition of her current studio album Denim & Rhinestones will be released on September 22. The new package will feature six new tracks, one of which, “Take Me Out,” you can listen
‘Darius & Friends’ surpasses $3.6 Million raised for St. Jude Research Hospital
15 years ago, Darius Rucker pledged his support to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and the money raised by Rucker has now surpassed the $3.6 million mark. The 14th Annual “Darius & Friends” benefit concert held last