The Clarendon Hills Little League posted its first win Saturday in the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

The road to Williamsport was filled with more drama than usual for a couple Little League World Series participants this year, including a Venezuelan team that needed visa exemptions to make the trip and an American club that narrowly knocked off a defending champ.

After he was sent home Wednesday from his job at a private security firm at Little League Headquarters, Isaiah Randall texted his supervisor, telling him “You guys better have heavy security after the (expletive) you pulled today,

El camino a Williamsport estuvo lleno de más drama de lo habitual para algunos participantes de la Serie Mundial de

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Head Coach Ryan Vavruska said the support the team has received along the journey, whether it be donations, local businesses hosting fundraisers, watch parties, or parents providing what they need, has been special.

The Eastbank Little League All-Star team was looking to reach the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania but had to win the Southwest Region championship game.

City firefighters were kept busy Friday responding to a handful of accidents, including this one at High and Oliver streets where a red Kia Soul and a white Chevrolet Impala collided about 12:40 p.m.