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Photo by: John Dixon/The News-Gazette Though rains have caused some delays, the revamped fields along Stadium Drive between Oak and First Streets are expected to be completed by Aug. 15. The eastern half (top) will be the Marching Illini 's new practice field , and the western half (bottom) will house new campus recreation fields . Taken Thursday July 17 , 2014. Image Tough to think about on these unseasonably breezy July days , but school is just around the corner at the University of Illinois. OK, the start of classes is still more than a month away, but housing officials, construction crews and campus rental agents are busy prepping. Here's a look at some changes you will see on campus this fall. Campus Recreation / Marching Illini fields You may have noticed the giant concrete bunker at First Street at Stadium Drive, which closed off a big chunk of First Street for a while. It's actually an underground detention basin to alleviate flooding in that area, which w...

Since his meteoric rise from backup quarterback to Super Bowl champion in the 2001 season, Tom Brady has been the franchise player of the New England Patriots . He’s won five Super Bowls, four Super Bowl MVPs , two NFL MVPs, and made 12 Pro Bowls . But most fans are more than aware of these accolades. As the Patriots legend turns 40 years old, here are 40 things you might not know about him: 1. He unintentionally dozed off for 20 or 30 minutes before his first Super Bowl. Prior to the kickoff of Super Bowl XXXVI , Brady navigated the elongated pregame by taking a short nap in the locker room: “Twelve minutes later we were running out onto the field.” Advertisement 2 . His diet used to be a far cry from the healthy standards he now adheres by. While Brady is now a strict disciplinarian about what he eats, his rookie year was a little different. He used to eat nachos before games in 2000, when he was a fourth-string quarterback. And his “go-to lunches were ham-and-cheese subs with oni...

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"????>AuthorCreated with Sketch. By Jesse Barron Aug 23, 2017 The text messages started the night her son went missing. Lynn Roy saw the first one around ten-thirty on July 12, 2014: "Do you know where he is?" She saw the second the next day: "Did you call the police yet?" Then a third: "Any news?" The sender, Michelle Carter , was familiar to Lynn as a girl her son, Conrad, texted. She guessed they were friends. It turned out Michelle was right to be worried: That afternoon, July 13, police found Conrad in the parking lot of the Kmart on Route 6 in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, asphyxiated by the carbon monoxide from a water pump in the cab of his F-250. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below Advertisement - Continue Reading Below "Our songs, listen to them and remember me." A few days later, Conrad's father, Conrad Roy II, discovered a spiral-bound jou...