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By DANIEL C. VOCK Better Government Association COVID-19 is once again sweeping through Illinois’ prisons, sickening thousands of Illinois...
Thursday April 29th, 2021 12:30pm (Inside Lacrosse Photo: Matt Kinnear) There is a close cluster of teams in the Top 10 of the Inside Lacrosse Men's Division III Rankings this week following the "Big 3" of Tufts, RIT and Salisbury. Stevenson was a notable riser, going up to No. 7 after beating York on Friday night. Next up for the 7-0 Mustangs is the MAC Commonwealth Semifinals and a shot at the league's AQ. Conference tournaments are underway nationally — the SAA crowned its champ in Centre last weekend — so soon the NCAA Tournament picture will take shape. Tufts remains No. 1 after its...
Drew Black Earns National Recognition For His Career In Wrestling Drew Black Earns National Recognition For His Career In Wrestling January 23, 2021 03:00AM by Greg Lederer, Herald Staff Cheshire resident Drew Black is well aware of the impact that the sport of wrestling has had on his life. Over his 23 seasons as head coach at Wesleyan University in Middletown, he has enjoyed attending the annual Connecticut Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dinner to listen to many of his colleagues share their similar stories of determination and perseverance. “They always do a great...
CHRISTY GUTOWSKI Chicago Tribune Gray had lived behind bars for more than 40 years, serving a life sentence for hiring a relative to kill his business partner in 1978. In the decades that followed, he tried to improve himself in prison, his lawyer said, working as a barber, a teacher and paralegal. He mentored younger men and ran an inmatesâ chapter of the Jaycees charity, as well as other prison programs. Citing his age and poor health, Grayâs lawyer made a final plea for mercy dated Nov. 5. A day later, Gray died of complications related to COVID-19. Due to the novel c...