In testimony this week, officials pushed back against criticisms by Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who said the hikes raise suspicions ...

Scott Richey covers college basketball for The News-Gazette. His email is [email protected], and you can follow him on ...

Several area fire departments responded to a fire in a mobile home park in east Urbana on Thursday.

California lawmakers have passed legislation advancing a partisan redistricting plan that could help Democrats win five more U.S. House seats in 2026. Lawmakers voted mostly along party lines Thursday ...

Russia has launched a rare drone and missile attack on western Ukraine, hitting an American-owned electronics plant among other targets and injecting further uncertainty into the U.S.-led efforts to e ...

Federal authorities have set up checkpoints around the nation's capital, asking people for their immigration status and detaining them. President Donald Trump claims a crime crisis requires this ...

It was a warm summer day but Malorie Thorson was dressed for winter as Gerry Kulzer sculpted a likeness of her head from a large ...

U.S. stock indexes lost ground. The S&P 500 fell 0.4% Thursday, its fifth straight modest loss since setting an all-time high last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 0.3%, ...

Practice notes. Family photos. Schedules. The fifth-year Illini football coach has all of this — and plenty more — in a ...

Dave Hinton is editor of The News-Gazette's 'Our Communities' section. He can be reached at [email protected].

Makenna Frantz, who farms in rural Arthur, is one of six farmers in as many states chosen to participate in a Mosaic ...

Julie Kirby has spent her entire 14-year teaching career molding the youngest minds in her elementary school buildings. After ...