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"I have been incredibly blessed to be raised by two extraordinary educators who not only served as my role models growing up, but truly embodied what it means to be ...

In the last few weeks, a peculiar plant has begun to draw attention as it reaches full bloom across central Illinois.

Since I started serving, I have always told people that we serve so that others don’t have to,” Drew Arteaga said. “It means ...

The Hornaday family of Tuscola had a fun time during their stop earlier this month at The News-Gazette’s offices in Champaign ...

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Longtime boys' basketball coach, who stepped aside in 2018, returns to coach the Spartans' girls basketball program in 2025 — ...

Maddax Stine Faces of Spring photo shoot at the News-Gazette in Champaign on Sunday, February 23, 2025.

St. Thomas More's new football coach Cary Matthews at the school in Champaign on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. New St. Thomas More ...

For only the third time in history, Wednesday night’s NBA draft saw two Illinois basketball players drafted in the first ...

Jannik Sinner confirmed that he recently fired two members of his team — fitness coach Marco Panichi and physiotherapist Ulises Badio, who themselves were replacements for people ...

At some 940-pages, the legislation is a sprawling collection of tax breaks, spending cuts and other Republican priorities, including new money for national defense and deportations. Now it’s up to ...