A brush with success in Genoa - Courier News
GENOA — The city’s Genoa Main Street Inc. has been announced as a winner of two of Lt. Governor’s Awards for Excellence in Downtown Revitalization. Genoa Main Street’s executive director, Mim Evans, also was named as one of six finalists for
NCAA Game Summary - Indiana State at Northern Illinois - Sports Network
DeKalb, IL (Sports Network) - The duo of Mike DiNunno and Darion Anderson scored 27 points apiece to lead the Northern Illinois Huskies to an 86-79 victory over the Indiana State Sycamores in a non-league matchup at the Convocation Center. Anderson
Illinois QB Williams trying to find consistency - Courier News
In many ways, Juice Williams has made remarkable progress. The Illinois quarterback leads the Big Ten in passing yards (269.2) and total offense (326). His 22 touchdown passes are as many as he threw in his first two years combined. In back-to-back
Harnish leads N. Illinois past Kent St., 42-14 - Quad-Cities Times
KENT, Ohio - Chandler Harnish threw two touchdowns passes and ran for two more scores as Northern Illinois took a 42-14 Mid-American Conference victory over Kent State on Tuesday night. Craig Rusch also scored for NIU (6-5, 5-3), pulling the Huskies
President-elect Barack Obama marks Vetertans Day by laying wreath with - New York Daily News
U.S. president-elect Barack Obama and Iraq war veteran and Illinois State Director of Veterans Affairs Tammy Duckworth place a wreath at the Bronze Soldiers Memorial on the lakefront in Chicago. Honda/Getty Duckworth lost her legs in combat in Iraq
Police say 2 young girls dead after central Illinois house fire - KWQC
GIBSON CITY, Ill. (AP) - Two central Illinois teenagers who died in an overnight fire were trapped in a basement by the flames. Ford County Coroner Doug Wallace says 13-year-old Madisyn Moore and 14-year-old Shanna Radakovich (rad-uh-KOH’-vitch) were
College Football Schedule - ESPN.com
Subject to change) Tuesday, Nov. 18 MIDWEST N. Illinois at Kent St., 7 p.m. — Wednesday, Nov. 19 MIDWEST Ball St. at Cent. Michigan, 7 p.m. — Thursday, Nov. 20 SOUTH Miami at Georgia Tech, 7:30 p.m. SOUTHWEST Grambling St. vs. Texas Southern at
Obama wants Lieberman to stay with Senate Dems - Salon
Nov 11th, 2008 | WASHINGTON — President-elect Obama has told Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid he’s not interested in seeing the Democrats oust Connecticut’s Joe Lieberman from their ranks over his endorsement of Republican John McCain. Obama told
Ohio St.-Illinois Preview - ESPN.com
It turned out Illinois’ shocking upset late last season did not push Ohio State out of the BCS title chase. Pulling one off this year would keep the No. 10 Buckeyes out of the BCS picture altogether. Ohio State’s hopes for a BCS bowl berth and a