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According to Viviane Fisher-Flaherty, the secret to excelling at the sport of jousting is patience, competitiveness and perseverance because “it’s not easy. It can be frustrating.”

Plus: Phase two of Independent Financial's new headquarters in McKinney; Two massive industrial leases inked in Sunnyvale and Forney; and more.

Silicon Valley is losing one of its most visible, outspoken and powerful women. Any gains have been incremental at best.

The Colorado Mesa University cycling team is nearly at the season’s finish line and a second consecutive national title is just beyond it and waiting for them to claim it.

“What’s changed? He’s done well in prison so far?” Judge Stanley Sacks asked prosecutors in court Thursday. “… When a person is in prison and he’s doing well, why is that a reward? He should do well.”

Cook County prosecutors’ new effort to reduce sentences for some longtime inmates will have an uphill climb before some judges, if its first week in court is any indication.

A Cook County judge Thursday questioned why a convicted felon’s good behavior in prison should be “rewarded” by reducing his sentence — particularly...

The first case Cook County prosecutors presented for possible resentencing under a new initiative could be in for lengthy court proceedings, a judge in the Markham courthouse signaled Wednesday.

Larry Frazier, now 63, is the first convicted felon in Illinois to be recommended for a shorter sentence under a new state law.

Alexandre Despallieres was this year due to stand trial for the murder of his former partner Peter Ikin, a music executive, whose loyal coterie of friends included Sir Elton John and Sir Rod Stewart.