Bob Asmussen is a college football reporter and columnist for The News-Gazette. He can be reached at 217-393-8248 or asmussen ...

Illinois has the makings of a solid nonconference schedule for the 2025-26 season, with neutral site games scheduled (so far) ...

Zach Piatt covers high school sports at The News-Gazette. His email is [email protected].

Today will be the last day on the job for outgoing Urbana Park District Executive Director Tim Bartlett, right, who has been ...

Isbell — currently serving as provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison — will ...

Rachel Lenz joined the Urbana Park District as executive director on May 21. Outgoing director Tim Bartlett, whose final day ...

A lackluster prologue explains her character Eve’s raison d’etre. Having witnessed her father die at the hands of a group of ...

The wheels of government turn slow,” he said. “You just have to have a peace about it and not allow it to frustrate you.

Growing up playing sports in my hometown of Eureka — and with my alma mater playing this weekend at Illinois Field in ...

Mahomet-Seymour senior Mason Orton pitches in the first inning of Thursday’s Class 3A sectional semifinal baseball matchup ...

U.S. employers slowed hiring last month, but still adding a solid 139,000 jobs amid uncertainty over Trump’s trade wars. The Department of Labor said Friday that hiring fell from a ...