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For the third time in as many years, Devin Hester’s name will be among the 15 finalists debated for Pro Football Hall of Fame inclusion.

Herb Kohl was a four-term Democratic U.S. senator whose family founded the Kohl’s retail chain. On Capitol Hill he was low-key, focused on home state issues like dairy.

Missouri is one of a dozen states where sports wagering remains illegal more than five years after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for states to adopt it.

The incident occurred about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. Police in the northwest suburb say the victim and suspect may have known one another. No one was hurt.

Rats. We can spare so many, and Texas is so big, a reader from Streamwood writes. Or, how about Seiya Suzuki’s whiffs for all of last season?

Jennifer Kouchoukos, 51, is accused of stabbing two girls, ages 4 and 1, whom she was babysitting, in Lisle on Nov. 17.

The Falcons have some pieces in place, but not at quarterback. And former Bears GM Ryan Pace, who drafted Fields, is one of their top executives.

While the Hawks got good news on Vlasic and Tyler Johnson, the roster is far from complete as Seth Jones, Joey Anderson and Andreas Athanasiou remain out of the lineup.

Use whatever adjective you want to describe Batavia’s high-pressure defense — relentless, persistent, unrelenting — and it fails to properly articulate just how impactful the Bulldogs’ defense was in its 61-31 thumping of Sycamore in the first round of the Morton College Christmas tournament.