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CHICAGO (AP) - Zach LaVine had 39 points and Coby White scored 21 of his 23 points in the second half to lead the Chicago Bulls to a 118-108 victory over the Dallas Mavericks. Jalen Brunson, starting ...

CHICAGO (AP) - Aaron Rodgers threw for four touchdowns and broke his franchise record for scoring passes in a season, and the Green Bay Packers clinched the No. 1 seed in the NFC by beating the playof...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Shanquan Hemphill had 17 points to lead five Drake players in double figures as the Bulldogs won their 12th straight game to open the season, defeating Southern Illinois 73-55....

DEKALB, Ill. (AP) - Northern Illinois has fired basketball coach Mark Montgomery after a 1-7 start. Montgomery had just two winning seasons since he took over in 2011 and led the Huskies to a 124-170 ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Kofi Cockburn had 14 points and 10 rebounds, Ayo Dosunmu scored 12 and No. 15 Illinois beat Purdue 66-58. Da'Monte Williams added 12 points for the Fighting Illini in their seve...

Jason R. Sanders, 40, of Centralia passed away Sunday, January 3, 2021 at SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital in Centralia. Jason had an amazing sense of humor, always the jokester as he was “f...

Clifford “Lefty” Ray Towler, age 86, of Sandoval formerly from Patoka, passed away on Sunday, January 03, 2021 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Centralia. He was a life-long resident of Pat...

Charles F. Knobeloch, 80, of Centralia passed away Friday, January 1, 2021 at SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital in Centralia. Charles had a great personality and was a genuine jokester, making sure...

Janice A. Warden, 83, of Lombard, formerly of Centralia passed away December 31, 2020, at the Lexington Healthcare Center in Lombard IL. Arrangements are pending at the Irvin Macz Funeral Home in Cent...

George Alexander Bean, 79, of Waltonville, Illinois, passed away at 11:00 pm January 2, 2021, at SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Mount Vernon. George worked as an inspector at General Radiator f...