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DEKALB, Ill. -- Few people finish their college education in a retirement facility. But that’s what it took for 90-year-old Joyce Defauw to complete her bachelor’s degree in General Studies from Northern Illinois University, a milestone nearly seven decades in the making.

The Illinois High School Association announced Wednesday that it has selected ISU’s Hancock Stadium to host the state football finals for the next five years.

Ten years after blowing up on the national stage as Northern Illinois’ quarterback, Lynch leads Mount Carmel — his other alma mater — into its biggest game of a special season.

Northern Illinois vs Eastern Michigan game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 7 game on Saturday, October 15

Key Takeaways: Niu Technologies’ electric scooter sales fell for a second consecutive quarter in the three months to September, dragged down by a 33% decline in its home China market

Is Kentucky overrated? You could make that case. True, Mark Stoops’ Wildcats are a perfect 4-0, but their rise up the national charts is based largely on that Sept. 10 win at Florida. The Gators have struggled since, squeaking out a home win over lowly South Florida before losing to…

The Northern Illinois Huskies will meet the Kentucky Wildcats in Week 4 of the college football season from Kroger Field.

SEC score predictions for this weekend

CHICAGO — Kyle Pugh remembers the play that would become just the first leg of an odyssey of repeated heartbreaks, only he didn’t know it at the time.