Illini Legend Butkus To Get Memorial Stadium Statue
A University of Illinois Fighting Illini legend will be immortalized in bronze.
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Changes to Pension System Spells Uncertainty For Teachers
A recent report shows Illinois is facing a teacher shortage. But changes to teachers’ pensions — including cutbacks on the state’s share of contributions — spells uncertainty for anyone going into the profession.
Cover Crops Can Help The Environment, But Can Farmers Afford To Plant Them?
Farmers in Central Illinois are experimenting with cover crops to stop soil erosion. Cover crops can also help stop an environmental threat hundreds of miles away. But, do cover crops cut into a farmer’s finances--or even solvency?
Illini Men Cruise 91-74 Over Marshall
Kipper Nichols and Leron Black each scored 17 points and grabbed 11 and 9 rebounds, respectively, to lead the Illini men past Marshall by a score of 91-74 Sunday evening at State Farm Center.
No. 8 Ohio State Routs Illinois 52-14
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — No. 8 Ohio State can look ahead to Michigan and trying to find the narrow path back into the playoff hunt. Coach Urban Meyer this week had refused to talk about the future beyond Saturday's game against Illinois, which ended in a 52-14 blowout by the Buckeyes in sheets of driving rain at Ohio Stadium.