Illinois

GAME NOTES: Two teams off to vastly different starts collide in Champaign today, as the Eastern Michigan Eagles take on the Illinois Fighting Illini in a non-conference matchup at Assembly Hall. The Eagles haven’t had much success this season read more..

Gainesville’s first community hospital has been on life support since the Shands Healthcare system in northern Florida bought it a dozen years ago. Now, because of the recession, the plug is being pulled on 80-year-old, money-losing Shands AGH. Next read more..

Melting ice and heavy thunderstorms delivered a nasty one-two punch to the Chicago area Saturday, resulting in widespread flooding in low-lying areas and power outages throughout the city and suburbs. Things could get worse, if temperatures drop as read more..

COLLINSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A 44-year-old man has been arrested after staging an hours-long standoff with police at a southern Illinois hotel. Collinsville police assistant chief Dave Schneider says the unidentified man called police Saturday afternoon read more..

UNDATED - With sandbags piled and basements emptied, residents across Illinois braced for more flooding as rivers not expected to crest until Sunday morning continued to rise. Officials urged residents near the Des Plaines River in the Chicago area read more..

S HREVEPORT, La. — Northern Illinois coach Jerry Kill has played for championships in a playoff format at every level. In his first season in the Football Bowl Subdivision, he’s quickly formed an educated opinion in the playoffs vs. bowls debate read more..

URBANA – Some streets in Champaign were being closed late Saturday afternoon as rain and melting ice caused scattered flooding. Barricades were put out to block traffic on Kirby Avenue at Neil Street about 4 p.m., according to the Champaign police read more..

CHICAGO (AP) — The Illinois House committee considering the removal of Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich has rejected a request from the governor’s lawyer to subpoena two top advisers to President-elect Barack Obama, the committee’s chairwoman said read more..

Rain and rapidly rising temperatures accompanied by thick fog threatened to cause flooding on Saturday in the Midwestern US after days of Arctic cold, heavy snow and ice. Thick ice on roads that contributed to dozens of deaths had thawed and read more..