Board President Bob Lindstrom withdraws from 205 race

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The graduating class of 2017 wasn’t even born when Bob Lindstrom was first seated on the Galesburg 205 School Board. But now the Galesburg attorney has set an end date to his board tenure. Lindstrom was running for his

Rio Grande beats Chicago State 85-77 in OT

Antonio Green scored 26 points with seven 3-pointers, Nick Dixon added 22 points, and UT-Rio Grande Valley used a 12-0 run to beat Chicago State 85-77 in overtime on Saturday night to end a three-game skid. Green

llinois State beats Drake to stay unbeaten in MVC, 72-58

Deontae Hawkins scored 19 points and Illinois State pulled away in the second half to beat Drake, 72-58 Saturday to keep its Missouri Valley Conference unblemished. Graham Woodward hit a 3-pointer with one second left in the

Ashton’s free throws help N Iowa top S Illinois 58-57

Jordan Ashton scored 14 points, including a pair of free throw with 15 seconds left, and Northern Iowa overcame a 12-point second-half deficit to beat Southern Illinois 58-57 on Saturday night. Ashton scored 10 of his 14 in

SE Missouri beats Eastern Illinois 83-71 behind Cleveland

Antonius Cleveland scored 18 points, Trey Kellum had his second double-double with 15 points and 13 rebounds, and Southeast Missouri beat Eastern Illinois 83-71 on Saturday, handing the Panthers their fourth straight loss. Tahj Eaddy also had

Ohio outlasts Northern Illinois 78-69

Jaaron Simmons scored 23 points, Jason Carter added 15 with 12 rebounds, and Ohio rallied late for a 78-69 win over Northern Illinois on Saturday. Mike Laster and Jordan Dartis added 14 points apiece for Ohio (12-5, 4-2

Little scores twice, Jets beat Blues 5-3

Bryan Little scored twice on the power play, Ondrej Pavelec set a franchise record for saves in a period and the Winnipeg Jets handed the St. Louis Blues their third straight loss with a 5-3 victory on

Loyola-Chicago holds off Evansville 67-61

Aundre Jackson scored 17 points and Loyola-Chicago held on in the final two minutes to beat Evansville 67-61 on Saturday. A 3-pointer by Evansville’s Ryan Taylor cut the Rambler lead to 60-59 with 2:28 left. After 1:12

Ban on shackling child suspects adds costs

A chief judge in Northern Illinois says more officers are needed to comply with an Illinois Supreme Court rule banning the automatic shackling of juvenile suspects in state courtrooms. Reports Judge Joe McGraw is asking the Winnebago

Illinois offers free tax preparation to low-income residents

The state of Illinois is offering free income tax preparation and filing for low-income residents. Illinois Department of Human Services Secretary James Dimas says the services are available across the state to families with incomes up to

Aaron Schock case assigned to federal judge in Urbana

A former federal prosecutor who became a judge in 2013 has been assigned to handle the corruption case against former U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock. The (Springfield) State Journal-Register reports U.S. District Court Chief Judge James Shadid assigned