He did play a little with the Joliet Ravens youth football program as an eighth-grader. But Alexander didn’t really take the sport seriously until an encounter with Lincoln-Way East coach Rob Zvonar.

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Others receiving votes: 11, Lexington 22. 12, Yorkville Christian 13. 13, Casey-Westfield 12. 14, Dieterich 8. 15, Peoria Christian 4. 16, Bluford Webber 3. 17, Edinburg 3. 18, South Beloit 3. 19, ...

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Amid President Donald Trump’s threats of sweeping arrests and mass deportations, undocumented workers in Chicago skipped work ...

The snow comes as Northeastern Illinois sees yet another icy cold morning, with temperatures in the single digits and wind chills below zero.