Andrej Stojaković scored 24 points for his fourth 20-point performance in five games, leading No. 13 Illinois to an 87-73 victory over Texas Rio Grande Valley on Monday night.

Two people who were killed in a shooting inside a restaurant in Aurora, Illinois, over the weekend were identified on Tuesday evening. Police responded to the shooting Saturday just after 9 p.m. at the Two Brothers Roundhouse, at 205 N. Broadway. Three people were found inside with gunshot wounds.

Andrej Stojakovic scored 20 points, Keaton Wagler had 19 and No. 8 Illinois beat Long Island 98-58 on Saturday. David Mirkovic had 12 points and eight rebounds for the Illini (5-1), who bounced back nicely after losing to No.

Andfrej Stojakovic sank a tough spin jumper, plus the foul, to extend the Illinois Fighting Illini's lead over the Texas-Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros.

The woman convicted of brutally stabbing her sixth-grade classmate to please the fictional horror character "Slender Man" was apprehended in Illinois after having left her Wisconsin group home with a 43-year-old man, officials said.

Police in Illinois said Morgan Geyser gave a fake name and said she didn't want to tell officers her name because she had "done something really bad."

A Tribune analysis of 27 of the state’s largest universities found that total foreign enrollment dipped at all but five institutions.

Gov. Greg Abbott announced that Texas National Guard troops will return from Illinois before Thanksgiving after the controversial interstate deployment.

Andrej Stojakovic scored 24 points for his fourth 20-point performance in five games, leading No. 13 Illinois to an 87-73 victory over Texas Rio Grande Valley on Monday night.

The Illini may lose two more players to the 2026 NBA Draft, a year after they sent a pair into last summer's draft