Illinois
How to Watch Michigan State at Illinois – TV, Quick Facts and Prediction
Michigan State men’s basketball will travel to Champagne, Illinois to take on the fighting Illini. Illinois has looked dangerous all season while the Spartans have been inconsistent. This will be a big test for the Spartans if they hope to contend in the top portion of the Big Ten.
Game Time: Thursday, January 11th at 9:00pm (US East Coast Time)
Watch the game: FS1 (or streaming in the FoxSports App with a subscription)
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Some basics to sound like a pro:
Michigan State:
Michigan State is going to have to do what it has not been able to yet this year: win a true road game. It’s inconceivable that the Spartans are this deep in the season and this will be only its third true road game (the other two were a loss at Nebraska and a loss at Northwestern).
On paper the Spartans should be strong on the road. They are led by a veteran team, and particularly their back court has experience featuring a 5th year senior shooting guard (Tyson Walker), a Senior point guard (AJ Hoggard) and a Junior wing (Jaden Akins). Yet these veterans (and fifth year senior power forward Malik Hall) have not looked great in their two Big Ten road losses. Particularly Malik Hall has been a disappearing act on the road.
In positive news for the Spartans, Tyson Walker and AJ Hoggard continue to look like one of the best backcourt combos in the country. If they can bring their defensive dominance to this game, it could make the difference against an Illinois team missing its top scorer (more on that in a moment).
Also, the return of Jaxon Kohler to the center position could mean this team actually gets some solid offensive production from its front court. This will be Kohler’s second game of the season and he only played a few minutes against Northwestern. Even in spot minutes, the sophomore is a substantial upgrade on the offensive end.
University of Illinois
Illinois is very good this year. Their only losses were against top ranked opponents Marquette (then Number 4), Tennessee (then number 17) and Purdue (then number ranked 1) 4 days ago. Each of those games has been highly contested.
In terms of overlapping opponents, Illinois was beat by Tennessee that also beat Michigan State in a tight pre-season game. Much more concerning for the Spartans is the absolutely beating Illinois gave Northwestern. In the game before the Wildcats controlled the Spartans and won by 15 points, the Fighting Illini had whipped Northwestern by 30 points.
The storyline for Illinois off the court is the Terence Shannon, Jr. story. Shannon was suspended by the team after he was arrested on a rape charge. The Illinois team leader in points per game and minutes played per game is suing the college to reinstate him. In the three games since his suspension, the Fighting Illini have continued to play well (the Northwestern and Purdue games were played without Shannon). Still he is a loss for a team.
Considering this game is being played in Champagne, Illinois, it would be considered an upset of the Spartans were able to pull off a win.
Predictions:
BBD: 78-71 Illinois Win
What are your predictions for the game? Let everyone know in the comments below.
Illinois
Unincorporated Bensenville residents say ‘nightmare’ rat infestation threatens their health, safety
UNINCORP. BENSENVILLE, Ill. (WLS) — People living in a neighborhood in unincorporated Bensenville say a rat infestation is a threat to their health and safety.
Those in the White Pines neighborhood say they know the source of the problem, but they feel like elected officials are not doing enough to help them.
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Multiple homeowners say the issue goes back at least two years. They believe one particular property is ground zero and that there have been no significant measures to eliminate what they are calling a rat infestation.
“It’s just a nightmare right now,” said White Pines resident Jim Brill.
Brill says for two years, he and his neighbors have dealt with rats running around their property.
“It’s impacting every house that surrounds that house. The rats come out when we put our trash cans out. They literally swarm out of the yard, that house’s yard, go in our trash cans,” Brill said.
Another neighbor says his home security picked up the rodents after they tripped the camera’s motion sensors, sharing at least a dozen videos with ABC7 showing them scurrying around the side of his house.
And pictures show multiple rats on the windowsills on the home that neighbors believe is the root of the issue.
“We have to, you know, take huge measures to maintain our property, and we’ve done that, but when your neighbor isn’t doing that, and then creating housing for these vermin, right, that carry disease, and can, you know, be troublesome and problematic, it’s quite frustrating,” said White Pines resident Kristin Henri.
Henri says her parents have lived there for more than 50 years, never with a rat problem, until 2024. She says the rats are a hazard to their health and safety.
“We’ve had rats on our property, running through in broad daylight, so it’s unnerving. I can’t let my dog out. I worry about my neighbor’s child across the street, who’s a toddler,” Henri said.
Henri and Brill say living in an unincorporated part of Bensenville has complicated matters. At this point, they believe it is in the county’s hands, but still the problem persists.
“We contacted the county. They keep telling us they’re going to take care of the problem, and they don’t,” Brill said.
“We need somebody to help eliminate this. It’s not fair to us. We maintain our properties, and we want to live in a safe environment,” Henri said.
The DuPage County Building and Zoning Staff told ABC7 they been working on this problem since 2024.
They are working with the owner of a single property to clean the home’s interior.
Once that’s done, the county says, it will have an exterminator come in and set traps in the area.
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Sightings of a fireball were reported across Illinois and at least eight other states on Monday night.
The American Meteor Society received nearly 200 reports of a fireball seen over Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, New York, Ohio, and Wisconsin around 10 p.m.
Some of the reports out of Illinois came from Chicago, Aurora, Carpentersville, Warrenville, Addison, Waukegan, Oak Lawn, Shorewood Westchester, and Glen Ellyn. There were also reports from Indiana, including Valparaiso and Fort Wayne.
There was also a report out of Ontario, Canada.
Home camera footage, posted by the American Meteor Society, shows a flash across the sky in Michigan about an hour Northwest of Detroit.
A car crashed into a home in unincorporated Cary, Illinois, while three people were inside Monday evening, fire officials said.
A spokesperson for the Cary Fire Protection District said they were called to a home in the 2500 block of Oakdale Terrace just after 5:30 p.m. after reports came in that a vehicle had crashed into a house.
When paramedics and firefighters arrived, they found a black Jeep had slammed into a house, causing damage.
Three people were in the home at the time, fire officials said, but they were all able to get out safely and no injuries were reported. There were two people in the Jeep who got checked out by paramedics for minor injuries, but they declined further medical attention and did not want to go to a hospital.
Because of the damage to the home, McHenry County officials deemed it unsafe to occupy until repairs were made.
The American Red Cross is helping the four residents of the home with temporary housing and other needs while repairs are made.
The circumstances surrounding the crash are under investigation by the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office. It was not clear if any charges or citations would be issued.
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