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Jan Ziegler can spot the veterans by their measuring tapes. "The first year, people pick a tree that's too tall," said Ziegler, who owns Ziegler Christmas Tree Farm in Elgin. "They look smaller in the field. So the next year, they measure." In addition...

CHICAGO -- Brian Dugan pleaded guilty today to the kidnapping, rape and murder of 10-year-old Jeanine Nicarico of Naperville, a brutal crime that has rocked the community for more than a quarter century and helped spark death penalty reform in Illinois....

  State Finals At North Central College, Naperville Fri., Nov. 1 Waterloo Gibault 1, Charleston 0 Providence 4, Dixon 2 Peoria Notre Dame 2, Timothy Christian 0 Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin 2, Sycamore 0 Sat., Nov. 2 Providence 2, Waterloo Gibault 1...

Results are listed in alphabetical order. Times listed indicate when runners crossed the finish line, not their elapsed time. The timing chip is not activated until the runners reach the starting line. Some hometowns were not available. Information...

State finals At Redbird Arena, Illinois State University, Normal Fri., Nov. 9 Augusta Southeastern d. St. Joseph-Ogden 15-4, 15-6 Breese Mater Dei d. Huntley 15-5, 17-15 Quincy Notre Dame d. Byron 15-13, 15-9 Mt. Pulaski d. Benton 15-8, 15-6 Sat., Nov. 10...

  State finals At North Central College, Naperville Sat., Oct. 27 Benet 3, Waterloo Gibault 2 Peoria Notre Dame 4, St. Viator 0 Waterloo Gibault 2, St. Viator 0 (third place) Benet 2, Peoria Notre Dame 1 (3 OT) (title) Fri., Oct. 26 Benet 5, Rochester 1...

Seedings in parentheses STATE FINALS At Redbird Arena, Illinois State University, Normal Fri., Nov. 14 quarterfinals Lanark Eastland d. Fulton 12-25, 25-18, 25-13 Wheaton St. Francis d. Breese Central 25-21, 25-20 Mt. Pulaski d. Benton 25-14, 25-14...

  State Finals At North Central College, Naperville Fri., Oct. 31 quarterfinals Chatham Glenwood 3, Hinckley-Big Rock 0 Carbondale 3, Illiana Christian 2 (penalty kicks overtime) Peoria Notre Dame 5, Marian Central Catholic 4 (penalty kicks overtime) St....

State finals At EastSide Centre, East Peoria Fri., June 4 Rock Falls 4, Casey-Westfield 0 Warrensburg-Latham 1, Taylor Ridge Rockridge 0 Nashville 10, St. Francis de Sales 0 Beecher 4, Pinckneyville 2 Sat., June 5 Warrensburg-Latham 2, Rock Falls 0, 20...

State finals At EastSide Centre, East Peoria Fri., June 6 Braidwood Reed-Custer 8, Dakota 1 Stanford Olympia 1, Casey-Westfield 0 Piasa Southwestern 2, Norris City-Omaha-Enfield 1 Beardstown 2, Rock Island Alleman 1 Sat., June 7 Stanford Olympia 12,...