Crunch time for candidates as petition submitting interval closes

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx is now dealing with three Democratic main challengers and a pair of Republicans battling for an opportunity to run for her workplace. The race for a seat on the Illinois state Supreme Court gained a candidate, stretching the sphere to eight. And former Cook County Board President Todd Stroger is making one other try at a return to politics. Those have been among the highlights as of the 5 p.m. Monday shut of the week-long candidate submitting interval. Former Ald. Bob Fioretti (2nd) filed his petitions for state’s legal professional on the ultimate day of the interval, becoming a member of former prosecutors Bill Conway and Donna More, who

Filing: Vols coach scolded WR who aided woman

Tennessee football coach Butch Jones told sophomore wide receiver Drae Bowles that Bowles "betrayed the team" after helping a woman who said she had been sexually assaulted by two football players, according to an amended complaint filed Wednesday in a Title IX lawsuit against the university.According to the filing, Jones later apologized for calling Bowles "a traitor."Bowles was also punched in the mouth and bloodied by teammate Curt Maggitt as retribution for helping the woman, Bowles said in the sworn affidavit filed in federal court. He also said he was confronted by teammates Geraldo Orta and Marlin Lane the following day.Bowles ultimately transferred to UT-Chatt...