Sitting out the first month of the season due to a broken collarbone suffered while playing football, Marist’s Stephen Brown could not wait to get back on the basketball court. While his teammates had success without him,

BOTTOM LINE: Northern Illinois hosts Miami (OH) after Quentin Jones scored 25 points in Northern Illinois' 108-70 loss to the Ohio Bobcats. The Huskies are 4-2 on their home court. Northern ...

Charles Witter was waiting at the front door when police arrived and officers immediately took him into custody, officials said. Inside the house, officers found his wife, 80-year-old Helen Witter, “unconscious, lying on her back with her head on a pillow and her mouth open.”

A Powerball ticket sold in Illinois won $50,000, but just missed the $268 million jackpot, lottery officials say. The ticket matched four of five winning Powerball numbers and the Powerball in the drawing Saturday, Jan. 11, the Illinois Lottery said.

Voting is open in the the new state flag design contest. The public can vote online at www.ilsos.gov/stateflag for one of the new designs, or for one of three flags that have already flown over the Land of Lincoln: the current state flag, the 1918 Centennial Flag and the 1968 Sesquicentennial Flag. Votes can be cast once a day through Feb. 14.

3-Point Goals_Miami (Ohio) 10-22 (Byers 5-7, Cooper 2-4, Ipsaro 1-2, Craft 1-3, Elmer 1-3, Potter 0-1, Suder 0-2), N. Illinois 11-33 (Sotirov 4-7, Jones 3-6, Nicholls 2-6, Dent 2-8, Butler 0-3 ...

BOTTOM LINE: Miami (OH) faces Northern Illinois after Maya Chandler scored 25 points in Miami (OH)'s 78-63 win over the Bowling Green Falcons. The Huskies have gone 3-4 at home. Northern Illinois ...

Miami (OH) RedHawks (11-4, 3-0 MAC) at Northern Illinois Huskies (4-11, 0-3 MAC) DeKalb, Illinois; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: RedHawks -13; over/under is 146.5 BOTTOM LINE ...

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: RedHawks -13; over/under is 146.5 BOTTOM LINE: Northern Illinois hosts Miami (OH) after Quentin Jones scored 25 points in Northern Illinois’ 108-70 loss to the Ohio Bobcats.

Miami (OH) averages 11.2 made 3-pointers per game this season, 3.1 more made shots on average than the 8.1 per game Northern Illinois gives up. The Huskies and RedHawks square off Tuesday for the ...

DEKALB, Ill. (AP) Brant Byers' 17 points off of the bench and Miami (Ohio) beat Northern Illinois 84-69 on Tuesday night for its sixth straight victory. Byers shot 5 for 7 from beyond the arc for ...

Miami (OH) visits the Northern Illinois Huskies after Maya Chandler scored 25 points in the RedHawks' 78-63 victory against the Bowling Green Falcons.