Blues score 3 times in second period, top Senators 4-1
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Vladimir Tarasenko, Alex Pietrangelo and Brayden Schenn each scored in the second period, helping the St. Louis Blues past the Ottawa Senators 4-1 on Thursday night.
Ex-mayor of Chicago suburb pleads guilty in bribery scheme
MARKHAM, Ill. (AP) — A former mayor of a poor Chicago suburb has pleaded guilty for his role in an alleged $300,000 bribery scheme involving city contractors.
University of Illinois board chairman re-elected to 2nd term
CHICAGO (AP) — A northern Illinois physician has been elected to a second term as chairman of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees.
Grants will help students pay for trip to Lincoln museum
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Students in five Illinois counties will get some help paying for their trip to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield.
Smith, Dama lead Eastern Illinois past UT Martin 80-60
CHARLESTON, Ill. (AP) — Mack Smith and Muusa Dama each picked up double-doubles to lead Eastern Illinois in an 80-60 defeat of Tennessee Martin on Thursday night.
Mahoney scores 36, SE Missouri St. beats SIU-Edwardsville
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Denzel Mahoney scored a career-high 36 points to lead Southeast Missouri State to an 86-74 victory over SIU-Edwardsville on Thursday night.
30-year sentence for man in sexual assault of elderly woman
URBANA, Ill. (AP) — A Champaign man convicted of sexually assaulting a 90-year-old woman with dementia has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Michigan suffers most lopsided Big Ten loss in five years
Nebraska routs Wolverines 72-52
Illinois man pleads guilty in 1985 death of 15-year-old girl
WHEATON, Ill. (AP) — Prosecutors say an Illinois man has pleaded guilty in the 1985 death of a teenage girl who left her suburban Chicago home to go to the store and never returned.
Bulls’ Kris Dunn in concussion protocol, out indefinitely
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Bulls guard Kris Dunn is out indefinitely after being placed into the NBA’s concussion protocol following a fall during a game that ended up with him dislocating two front teeth.
Citing police torture, judge orders convicted murderer freed
CHICAGO (AP) — A Cook County judge cited alleged torture by Chicago police for freeing a man who spent 21 years in prison for two 1997 murders.
Illinois school officials seek double state education aid
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois education administrators are seeking to double the amount of money public schools get in the coming year.
Lawyers support man’s lawsuit in wrongful murder conviction
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A dozen former prosecutors have filed a brief with the Illinois Supreme Court supporting a man’s efforts to sue three police officers and a town over his wrongful conviction for murder.
U of Illinois withdrew 35 job offers after background checks
CHICAGO (AP) — New data from the University of Illinois’ expanded background-checks policy show that the school withdrew 35 job offers across three campuses last year.
Illinois governor to air ad of rival, Blagojevich on wiretap
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner will air campaign ads featuring 11 minutes of conversations between a top Democratic rival and former Gov. Rod Blagojevich captured on FBI wiretaps.
Chicago makes Amazon’s finalist list for second headquarters
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago has made the list of the top 20 cities Amazon is considering for its massive second headquarters.
Chicago man dies 4 years after suffering gunshot to head
CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities say a Chicago-area man died last fall from injuries suffered in a 2013 shooting on the city’s West Side.
Man freed from prison after 23 years fails drug test
ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois man released from prison after 23 years and is awaiting a decision on whether he’ll stand trial again for murder is in jail after he allegedly tried o sidestep a drug test.
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Patriots' Brady misses practice with right hand injury
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