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Editor's note: The Herald & Review each day is listing a reason the Decatur region is loved. We're profiling people, places and history that are special to our region — and that make it a great place to live. See…

CHICAGO — The University of Illinois is proposing a new public-private innovation center near downtown Chicago that would partner the Urbana-Champaign campus with Northwestern University and the University of Chicago.

CHAMPAIGN — If there’s a hint of good news prior to an Illini basketball recruit making a public announcement, there’s an ingrained instinct to do something drastic:

Executive Sports Editor Mark Tupper says University of Illinois basketball fans should feel confident about the decision of prized recruit Ayo Dosunmu when he announces his college decision Thursday night.

CHICAGO — The University of Illinois is proposing a new public-private innovation center near downtown Chicago that would partner the Urbana-Champaign campus with Northwestern University and the University of Chicago.

Editor's note: The Herald & Review each day is listing a reason the Decatur region is loved. We're profiling people, places and history that are special to our region — and that make it a great place to live. See…

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Police say a man who abducted his 2-year-old daughter from her Wisconsin home was stopped in Decatur but fled from officers and was finally arrested in Indiana.

DECATUR — Mister Softee ice cream will be sold in a permanent location in Nelson Park next summer next to the Overlook Adventure Mini Golf course.

Two years in prison is not the maximum penalty for aggravated DUI, a Class 4 felony with a sentencing range of one to three years in prison. The information was incorrect in "Women sentenced for DUI crash" on page A6…