McKay scores winner at the buzzer, C. Michigan rallies 68-67

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MT. PLEASANT, Mich. (AP) — Kevin McKay scored 21 points but none so important as the game-winning layup off the glass as the final buzzer sounded on Central Michigan’s come-from-behind 68-67 defeat of Northern Illinois on Tuesday night.

Merging governments tops property tax-reduction plan

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois could lighten its property tax burden by consolidating governmental taxing districts, standardizing property-value assessments, tightening up the appeals process and reining in breaks on commercial redevelopments, according to a draft report obtained

Judge tosses Illinois teen’s confession in mother’s killing

MORRISON, Ill. (AP) — A western Illinois judge has thrown out the confession of a teenage girl accused of fatally shooting her mother, ruling that investigators should have stopped questioning the then-15-year-old once she told them “I don’t want

Moore, SIUE visit Morehead St.

Two guards will be on display as Zeke Moore and Southern Illinois-Edwardsville will go up against Jordan Walker and Morehead State