CHARLESTON, Ill. (AP) 鈥� Pha鈥檒eak Brown scored on a 3-yard run with 1:54 to play and Illinois State defeated Eastern Illinois 31-24, it鈥檚 fourth straight win in the 109-year old Mid-America Classic. The win was the 87th win at Illinois State for Brock Spack, making him the winningest coach in school history, passing Edwin Struck,

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) 鈥� The Taliban鈥檚 lightning advance across Afghanistan has stirred fears they will reimpose their fundamentalist interpretation of Islam and all but eliminate women鈥檚 rights. Before they were ousted by the U.S. invasion in 2001, the Taliban forbade girls an education and women the right to work, and refused even to let them

CARTERVILLE (WSIL) 鈥� Here are boys and girls high school basketball scores from around the viewing area for Tuesday, March 2, 2021. Boys Basketball Scores: Fairfield 68, Edwards County 39 Pinckneyville, 52 Du Quoin 40. Coach Waggoner picks up career win 500. Cahokia 54, Marion 49 Christopher 44, Sesser-Valier 37 Thompsonville 58, Carrier-Mills 56 Eldorado73,