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Boxer Thomas Hearns has blasted Covid anti-vaxxers for co-opting the death of Marvin Hagler, after the all-time great passed away Saturday at age 66. Before Hagler's death, Hearns - who was knocked out by Hagler during their famous bout in 1985 - had told followers online that the star was suffering from 'the after effects of the vaccine'. But no official cause of death has yet been announced, and his family have said he died of 'natural causes', with no mention of a Covid vaccine being to blame. Hagler's son James told TMZ his father was rushed to hospital with chest pains and was experien...

Their meeting was marketed simply by the promoter Bob Arum as The Fight, though this astonishing contest became known as The War in the years thereafter. With both men casting caution to the wind, the normally slow-starting Hagler elected to meet the big-punching “Hitman” Hearns head-on in an opening round of frightening ferocity. Both men were landing huge punches, but when Hagler sustained a deep cut on his forehead in the third round it was clear the contest could not conceivably last the full 15 rounds. As blood gushed into Hagler’s eyes, the referee Richard Steele was forced to cal...

Paula Sims The prosecutor responsible for convicting child killer Paula Sims 31 years ago said she was among the worst people he had ever sent to prison. In closing arguments before a Madison County jury in February 1990, then assistant state's attorney Don Weber said he remained silent for nearly two minutes - the amount of time it would have taken to suffocate Sims' six-week-old daughter, Heather. He recalls the silence having had a powerful impact on the jury. "Suffocation...it's not like TV, where they cut to a commercial," he said. "This baby's arms and legs h...

BELLEVILLE — Paula Sims, a Madison County woman serving a sentence of life in prison in the deaths of her daughters more than 30 years ago, is eligible for a parole hearing after a commutation by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker adjusted her sentence. The commutation was first reported by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Thursday. Sims, 61, was convicted of killing her infant daughter Heather in Alton in 1989 and hiding the death of another daughter, Loralei in 1986. She was serving a life sentence without parole. In appeals and clemency requests, Sims' lawyers have argued that she was sufferin...

Child-killer Sims could get parole Scott Cousins, scousins@thetelegraph.com FacebookTwitterEmail 2of26 Paula Sims holds the hand of her father, Orville Blew, as they leave the Jersey County Courthouse after posting bond in May of 1989 on four felony charges related to the death of her first daughter, Loralei Marie Sims, who died in 1986. Show MoreShow Less 3of26 4of26 Paula Sims is escorted from the Cottage Hills home of her parents, Orville and Nylene Blew, after she was indicted by a Madison County grand jury. Show MoreShow Less 5of26 Local, regional and national media surround then Chie...