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) ...

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

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

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 added a solid 139,000 jobs amid uncertainty over Trump’s trade wars. The Department of Labor said Friday that hiring fell from a ...