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Illinois basketball lands 7-footer from NCAA transfer portal, keeps 7-foot twin
Illinois basketball added a big name to its roster on Saturday and kept another.
Literally.
The Illini got a commitment from 7-foot-2 center Zvonimir Ivicic, the twin brother of Illini 7-footer Tomislav Ivisic — who also announced he would return to Illinois for the 2025-26 season, according to posts from the Croatian players on social media.
Zvonimir comes to Champaign after a season at Arkansas and one at Kentucky, both with coach John Calipari. Zvonimir averaged 8.5 points and 4.5 rebounds in 35 games for the Razorbacks, including 19 starts. He will have two seasons of eligibility remaining.
Tomislav is coming off a dynamic freshman season at Illinois, where he averaged 13.0 points, a team-leading 7.7 rebounds and 1.2 blocks.
Zvonimir is the Illini basketball team’s first transfer portal addition since it opened March 24. Illinois has lost four players to the transfer portal in Carey Booth (Colorado State), Morez Johnson Jr. (Michigan), Tre White (Kansas) and Dra Gibbs-Lawthorn.
Now, the Illini boast one of the tallest frontcourts in college basketball.
The Fighting Illini went 22-13 overall in 2024-25 including 12-8 in the Big Ten Conference. They earned a No. 6 seed in the Midwest Region, defeated Xavier and then lost to Kentucky in the Round of 32.
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Multiple people shot in Centralia, Illinois: REPORT
CENTRALIA, Ill. – An investigation is underway after multiple people were shot Sunday in Centralia, Illinois, according to a report from WFCN News in southern Illinois.
FOX 2 has confirmed the Illinois State Police is investigating a shooting and taking over the investigation, but ISP could not confirm many further details as of 9 p.m. Sunday.
“The investigation is in its infancy and to protect the integrity of the investigation, no additional details will be released at this time,” ISP said in a statement to FOX 2.
According to WFCN News, the shooting happened around 5 p.m. near the 900 block of East Kell Street in Centralia. Multiple law enforcement agencies have since responded to scene and multiple victims are hospitalized, according to the report.
It’s unclear how many people may have been injured and what led up to the shooting.
Centralia, Illinois is about 70 miles, or just over an hour, east of St. Louis.
This is a developing story. FOX 2 will update as more information becomes available.
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Weather service assessing damage across Iowa, Illinois and Missouri
The National Weather Service has teams of storm surveryors in the field April 18 investigating several reports of severe storms and tornado touch downs across eastern Iowa, northwest Illinois and northeast Missouri.
According to the weather service’s website, windgusts of up to 60 to 70 mph along with teacup-sized hail and several tornadoes were reported April 17.
Many homes and outbuildings were damaged, trees were uprooted and power lines were downed in Lena, Illinois, where the most significant damage occurred, the site pointed out.
Very strong winds also were reported near Washington, Iowa, and Colmar, Illinois, where several outbuildings and grain bins were destroyed.
The weather service received reports of confirmed and possible tornadoes in the areas of Lena, Pecatonica, Shirland, Rockton, Roscoe and Capron.
The teams will be assessing damage this weekend into next week along with county emergency management teams to determine what types of storms occurred and their paths.
Dozens of power outages were reported, as well.
As of the afternoon of April 18, ComEd was reporting 85 active power outages across northern Illinois, down from 241 on April 17, and 6,751 customers affected, down from more than 18,000.
The bulk of those outages and the most customers impacted are concentrated in Jo Daviess and Stephenson counties.
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5 tornadoes confirmed in Illinois from Friday’s storms
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