JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Some smart students at the University of St. Francis in Joliet who are short on money will be getting a nice gift courtesy of the National Science Foundation.

NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago veteran has finally received his Bronze Star Medal 64 years after he was discharged from the Army.

Edward-Elmhurst Health said in a news release 89-year-old Peter Bury of Lisle received the medal Saturday from U.S. Rep. Bill Foster during a ceremony at Edward Hospital in Naperville, where Bury is a patient.

CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois scientist-turned-congressman wants to designate March 14 as National Pi Day. That's "Pi,' as in the number — not the dessert.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Bill Foster of Naperville introduced a resolution Wednesday in the U.S. House to make the date — which some people recognize by eating a slice of pie — more official.

The former physicist says "Pi Day is more than just a good excuse to eat pie."