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Proficiency rates “would have increased if we had kept the same cut scores. However, we changed the cut scores, so we can’t tell you what they would have been. But we know they would have improved.” shawlocal.com/opinion/2025/1…

The Herald-News prep football preview for Week 11 of the 2025 season, featuring key showdowns across the greater Will and Grundy county area as the IHSA playoffs begin. shawlocal.com/friday-night-d…

The Class 4A field was chock full of perennial powers on pairings night and most of them are still there as we head into Round 2. Steve Soucie breaks down the second round of the 2025 IHSA Class 4A Playoffs. shawlocal.com/friday-night-d…

From Capitol News Illinois: Illinois lawmakers passed two-dozen bills during their annual fall veto session that ended Friday, Oct. 31, including a measure that will empower the state’s Department of Public Health to issue vaccine guidelines amid federa... shawlocal.com/news/2025/11/0…

The Chicago Bears had a mixed bag when it came to injury news Wednesday as they started to prepare for Sunday’s game against the New York Giants. shawlocal.com/bears/2025/11/…

Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Poles and head coach Ben Johnson met with reporters at Halas Hall on Wednesday a day after the NFL’s trade deadline. Here are three of the most interesting things the Bears said Wednesday. shawlocal.com/bears/2025/11/…

Costume drive to help those in need for next year. shawlocal.com/morris-herald-…

From Capitol News Illinois: Terminally ill adults in Illinois may have the option to take life-ending medication prescribed by a physician under a bill passed by the Illinois legislature last week during its fall session shawlocal.com/news/2025/11/0…

Join hosts J.T. Pedelty, Sam Ramirez and Eddie Carifio as they preview Round 2 of the Illinois high school football playoffs in the western and southern portions of northern Illinois shawlocal.com/friday-night-d…

The Grundy Area Vocational Center health occupations students traveled to Nettle Creek Elementary on Wednesday morning to make sure the kindergarten through third grade students' stuffed animals were in tip-top shape. shawlocal.com/gallery/2025/1…

Chicago Bears rookie tight end Colston Loveland was named the NFC Offensive Player of the Week in Week 9 on Wednesday. shawlocal.com/bears/2025/11/…

Morris Hospital is welcoming board-certified interventional cardiologist Dr. Jibran Rana to its group of cardiovascular specialists. shawlocal.com/morris-herald-…

The Class 2A field remains chock full of quality teams and the group has a collective record of 147-13 as we move into Round 2. Steve Soucie breaks down the second round of the 2025 IHSA Class 2A playoffs. shawlocal.com/friday-night-d…

Elias Heabel was named student for November by the Channahon-Minooka Rotary Club. shawlocal.com/morris-herald-…

From Capitol News Illinois: In concluding Tuesday’s hearing, Judge Gettleman said that due to the increased level of immigration enforcement under the Trump administration, it was clear the Department of Homeland Security is no longer using the facility... shawlocal.com/news/2025/11/0…

The La Salle-Peru volleyball team beat Morris 25-22, 25-18 in a Class 3A L-P Sectional semifinal Tuesday. L-P will play Washington in the sectional championship match Thursday. shawlocal.com/illinois-valle…

The Newark girls volleyball team had its season end with a 25-21, 25-18 loss to Stockton in Tuesday's Class 1A Eastland Sectional semifinal in Lanark. The Norsemen closed the season with a 32-5 record. shawlocal.com/illinois-valle…

Providence and Lemont both won at the Class 3A Kankakee Sectional and will play each other in Thursday's title match. That and more in Tuesday's Herald-News Roundup shawlocal.com/the-herald-new…

L-P defeated Morris 15-22, 25-18 during the Class 3A Sectional semifinals on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025 in Sellett Gymnasium at L-P High School. The Lady Cavs will play Washington in the Sectional title game on Thursday at 6p.m. at L-P High School. shawlocal.com/gallery/2025/1…

From Capitol News Illinois: Illinois lawmakers are sending a bill to Gov. JB Pritzker that makes a pair of changes to Illinois’ tax code in response to new federal tax provisions that could reduce state revenue shawlocal.com/news/2025/11/0…