Arch Madness: Blues win 1st Stanley Cup, beating Bruins 4-1

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Blues goalie Jordan Binnington was waiting patiently, as NHL rookies learn to do, while the Stanley Cup was passed from teammate to teammate across the recently conquered ice

Defense in trial of Chinese scholar’s death: He did it

By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — As Federal prosecutors on Wednesday shared with jurors grisly details of how they claim a former University of Illinois doctoral student kidnapped a visiting scholar from

Illinois governor signs abortion protections into law

CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed a bill to expand abortion protections in Illinois, a move that comes while some Republican-led states try to restrict the procedure. The law establishes abortion as a “fundamental right”

Road, grandstand improvements planned for DuQuoin State Fair

DUQUOIN, Ill. (AP) — Main Street and the loop road around the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds will be resurfaced this summer. State officials announced Wednesday that minor structural work will also be done on the grandstand. And the

Illinois State Museum names director after nationwide search

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois State Museum has named a new director. The state’s Department of Natural Resources says Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko has been appointed after a nationwide search. She has served in leadership posts at the

Western Illinois University gets $375,000 to study bobcats

MACOMB, Ill. (AP) — The federal government is giving Western Illinois University $375,000 to keep researching the state’s bobcat population. The school says in a news release the two-year grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service