Illinois basketball coach Brad Underwood spoke on forward Tre White's playing time, emphasizing team performance and health ahead of the MSU game.

A man who kidnapped his ex-girlfriend was taken into custody about 1:50 a.m., when state troopers found a stolen BMW with the victim, a 24-year-old woman, still inside, Illinois state police said.

Describing her career in country music, Underwood previously told Glamour magazine that the genre was different from others. "You have the Bible Belt-ness about it (country music)," she said in an ...