Pritzker restores wage increases, signs pay-equity order
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker used his first full day in office to restore frozen wage increases for unionized state employees.
Ball scores 19 as Lakers deal Bulls eighth straight loss
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Lonzo Ball scored 19 points, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope added 17 and the Los Angeles Lakers won for just the fourth time since LeBron James’ groin injury, beating the reeling Chicago Bulls 107-100 on Tuesday
Balanced Loyola-Chicago rolls past Valparaiso 71-54
CHICAGO (AP) – Aher Uguak, Cameron Krutwig, and Cooper Kaifes each scored 12 points and Loyola-Chicago beat Valparaiso 71-54 on Tuesday night.
Central Michigan downs Northern Illinois 78-69
DEKALB, Ill. (AP) – Shawn Roundtree hit five 3-pointers and scored 21 points, David DiLeo added 18 points with five 3s, and Central Michigan pulled away late to beat Northern Illinois 78-69 on Tuesday night.
Filppula lifts surging Islanders past Blues 2-1 in OT
NEW YORK (AP) – Valtteri Filppula scored 1:37 into overtime and the New York Islanders beat the St. Louis Blues 2-1 Tuesday night for their 12th win in 15 games.
Illinois State wins at S Illinois for 12th straight time
NORMAL, Ill. (AP) – Phil Fayne made the decisive free throw with 5.7 seconds left and Illinois State edged Southern Illinois 59-58 on Tuesday night for its 12th straight series win at home.
Man pleads guilty in Chicago killing of Dwyane Wade’s cousin
CHICAGO (AP) – One of two brothers charged in the Chicago fatal shooting of Miami Heat star Dwayne Wade’s cousin has pleaded guilty to murder.
Illinois man accused of luring robbing victim via dating app
ST. CHARLES, Ill. (AP) – A 19-year-old suburban Chicago man faces charges accusing him of robbing someone he lured through a dating app.
Funeral service set for trooper killed during snowstorm
SOUTH BARRINGTON, Ill. (AP) – Funeral services are set for an Illinois State Police trooper killed when he was struck and killed by a vehicle along Interstate 294 in suburban Chicago during a snowstorm.
Illinois parents to be sentenced in child’s starvation death
JERSEYVILLE, Ill. (AP) – An Illinois father and stepmother face sentencing after pleading guilty to murder in the starvation death of their 6-year-old son, who authorities said weighed just 17 pounds when he died.
Bayern looking to catch Dortmund as Bundesliga resumes
Six points behind midway through the season, Bayern Munich’s bid to catch Bundesliga leader Borussia Dortmund begins Friday at Hoffenheim
Starring role beckons for Alphonso Davies at Bayern Munich
Canadian teenager Alphonso Davies will likely get his first taste of Bundesliga action for Bayern Munich in the coming weeks, if not on Friday
Zubkov among 4 Russian bobsledders banned for Olympic doping
Four Russian bobsledders have been banned until December 2020 for their part in organized doping at the 2014 Sochi Olympics
Teen birth rates decrease again in Chicago, Illinois
CHICAGO (AP) – The teen birth rate has decreased in Illinois and Chicago, with the city recording a new historic low.
Oversight board won’t release video of hospital shooting
CHICAGO (AP) – Chicago’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability says it won’t release video or audio tapes of the November shooting at a hospital that left a police officer, doctor, pharmacy resident and the suspected shooter dead.
Woman sues LaSalle County for being forcibly stripped
CHICAGO (AP) – A federal lawsuit has been filed by a woman who claims LaSalle County sheriff’s deputies violated her civil rights when they forcibly stripped her following a 2017 arrest.
Judge refuses to toss evidence in China scholar’s kidnapping
URBANA, Ill. (AP) – A federal judge in central Illinois has denied defense motions to suppress evidence in the case of a 28-year-old man charged in the kidnapping and killing of a University of Illinois scholar from
Illinois man receives posthumous clemency in stabbing case
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Just days before he left office, former Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner granted posthumous clemency to a man imprisoned for a stabbing that a serial killer later confessed to committing.
Rauner reduces prison term for man who killed grandparents
LINCOLN, Ill. (AP) – Former Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has reduced the 75-year prison sentence for a central Illinois man convicted in 1996 of fatally shooting his grandparents.
Illinois starts second year of private school scholarships
ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois’ taxpayer-funded private school scholarship program is beginning its second year, though the new governor has criticized the initiative.