Charles Witter was waiting at the front door when police arrived and officers immediately took him into custody, officials said. Inside the house, officers found his wife, 80-year-old Helen Witter, “unconscious, lying on her back with her head on a pillow and her mouth open.”

Miami women's basketball has a chance to even its series with Northern Illinois on the road. The RedHawks are 2-2 in conference play heading into the matchup.

Getty Images/iStockphoto A Powerball ticket sold in Illinois won $50,000, but just missed the $268 million jackpot, lottery officials say. The ticket matched four of five winning Powerball numbers and the Powerball in the drawing Saturday, Jan. 11 ...

BOTTOM LINE: Northern Illinois hosts Miami (OH) after Quentin Jones scored 25 points in Northern Illinois' 108-70 loss to the Ohio Bobcats. The Huskies are 4-2 on their home court. Northern ...

Johnson added six assists for the Zips (14-5, 7-0 Mid-American Conference). Nate Johnson scored 14 points and added seven rebounds and four steals. Seth Wilson shot 4 for 5 from beyond the arc to finish with 14 points. It was the seventh straight win for the Zips.

3-Point Goals_Miami (Ohio) 10-22 (Byers 5-7, Cooper 2-4, Ipsaro 1-2, Craft 1-3, Elmer 1-3, Potter 0-1, Suder 0-2), N. Illinois 11-33 (Sotirov 4-7, Jones 3-6, Nicholls 2-6, Dent 2-8, Butler 0-3 ...

Miami (OH) RedHawks (11-4, 3-0 MAC) at Northern Illinois Huskies (4-11, 0-3 MAC) DeKalb, Illinois; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: RedHawks -13; over/under is 146.5 BOTTOM LINE ...

Police received a report Jan. 13 about an incident involving a 4-year-old child who was put in the alley of a day care facility for about 20 seconds in temperatures of 19 degrees Fahrenheit, according to a Jan. 23 news release from the Homewood Police Department.

The Department of Justice says a top Trump administration official is in Chicago this weekend to “personally observe” immigration enforcement actions by multiple agencies.

Campbell at Stony Brook, 1 p.m. Elon at Drexel, 1 p.m. Loyola Chicago at Rhode Island, 1 p.m. NC A&T at Hofstra, 1 p.m. Navy at Army, 1 p.m. Rutgers at Penn St., 1 p.m.

Dwyane Wade, his wife, Gabrielle Union, and their daughter Kaavia James were in attendance to support Olympic medalist Jordan Chiles and the UCLA Bruins in their opener.

ACC schedules in full are revealed Monday on ACC Network, but the opponents are known. This is a doozy for Mike Norvell's team. Florida State opens against Alabama, the first of four games against opponents ranked inside the top 20 of 247Sports rankings. One of the only positives for the Seminoles is not having to deal with 2024 ACC runner-up SMU.