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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Washington Capitals avoided losing for the sixth time in their last eight games. Alex Ovechkin's power-play goal with 4:04 remaining lifted the Caps past the Devils, 4-3. Ovechki...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Christopher Bell was brought back to Joe Gibbs Racing this year to fill out the team's roster of drivers. Bell chased down Joey Logano on the winding Daytona road course for...

How Women Can Prepare For Retirement A practical financial checklist for the future. Provided by MidAmerica Financial Resources When our parents retired, living to 75 amounted to a nice long life, and...

The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting 35 additional deaths from COVID-19 related causes around the state on Sunday. Two of those were in South Central Illinois. A female in her 80s die...

Two people were arrested for battery following an altercation allegedly involving two other persons at Coaches Corner in downtown Salem Saturday night. 40-year-old Frederick Venturini and 39-year-old ...

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - Southern Illinois University at Carbondale has earned its second recognition as a Bicycle Friendly University. The League of American Bicyclists awarded SIU with a silver desig...

DeKALB, Ill. (AP) - A youth gymnastics coach in northern Illinois has been sentenced to 32 years after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting students. The DeKalb County state’s attorney says 25...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Ayo Dosunmu had 19 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for his second triple-double of the season, Kofi Cockburn scored 22 points in 24 minutes, and No. 5 Illinois cruised past Minne...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Logan Couture scored two goals and the San Jose Sharks held off the St. Louis Blues 5-4 on Saturday night. After the Blues overcame deficits of 3-0 and 4-1 to tie it during a wild sec...

CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Cubs finalized a $1.5 million, one-year contract with outfielder Jake Marisnick. Marisnick will make $1 million this season. The deal includes a $4 million mutual option for...