November 2010
Filling 53rd District Senate seat may not be simple
BLOOMINGTON – The process to choose a successor to state Sen. Dan Rutherford, R-Chenoa, is so unsettled that even the man in charge of today's meeting in Bloomington said he doesn't know what's going to happen.
Taxpayers have refunds coming, but IRS can't find them
CHAMPAIGN – Ninety-three taxpayers from East Central Illinois are due federal tax refunds that couldn't be delivered due to mailing address errors.
To check whether your name – or the name of a friend or acquaintance – is among them, you can click here to read the list.
Buffone glad to see football return to Wrigley
CHICAGO – Vikings. Packers. Lions. Rats.
The first three teams were regular visitors to Wrigley Field in the 1960s. The latter apparently lived there.
The Final Word from Wrigley Field
It is, as Ron Zook contended again early Friday evening, a 100-yard field. But this one goes one way. Only.
Think Champaign's Church Street. With 22 football players instead of cars and trucks.
Blinn's blitz lifts visitors
PEORIA – Macie Blinn scored a career-high 22 points as Illinois used a barrage of three-point shots to bury Bradley 73-51 on Friday for its first victory of the season.
Blinn's 5-of-8 performance from beyond the three-point arc helped the Illini finish 9 of 18. Amber Moore was 4 for 5 on threes while scoring 16 points in 16 minutes.
Close calls, but area swimmers shut out
EVANSTON – Area competitors experienced their share of heartbreak at Friday's opening day of the IHSA state swimming and diving meet.
Prep football: Area teams in rush to C-U
Class 1A
Tuscola (11-1) at Brown County (12-0)
2 p.m. Saturday
Friday's highlights: Danville edges M-S
In girls' basketball
– Danville 68, Mahomet-Seymour 65. ERIEL DAVIS scored 21 points and the Vikings centered 10 three-pointers in a double-overtime victory. Davis had three of the Vikings' threes. KESHIA LIGGINS (16 points) and BREANNA KEYS (13 points) also hit three three-pointers each.
Game 5 notes: McCamey puts on show
Before Thursday's game against Texas, Demetri McCamey got a text message from one of his oldest friends.
"Evan said he's coming," the Illini guard said.
Game 5 grades: UI earns a B
Player of the Game: Demetri McCamey, Illinois
Bruce Weber offered that "his foul trouble might have helped" McCamey. After playing a game-high 42 minutes against Texas, he was limited to 29 against Maryland. That's about the only way the all-tournament selection was limited.
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