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Illinois guard Adalia McKenzie (24) in a NCAA basketball game at the State Farm Center in Champaign on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025 ...

After teaching fourth grade Oakwood Grade School for eight years, Tiffany Johnson has taken up a new challenge by moving to a ...

With the regular season starting to wind down, Sports Editor Matt Daniels unveils The News-Gazette’s area Top 10 rankings ...

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Lynn Anderson has been a cornerstone of Vermilion County for 50 years, and she received a well deserved ovation for it last ...

Time that has passed since sophomore center's mononucleosis diagnosis has allowed Illinois to make needed adjustments ...

Hamas-led militants freed eight more hostages from the Gaza Strip and another 110 Palestinian prisoners were released by Israel as part of a ceasefire that began earlier this month. The ...

The two Russian figure skating coaches killed in the American Airlines crash were two-time Olympians and former world champions in the pairs event.

Hamas confirmed for the first time on Thursday that Israeli killed the head of its military wing, Mohammed Deif, in an airstrike last year. Deif was one of the alleged ...

President Donald Trump is ordering U.S. schools to stop teaching what he views as “critical race theory” and other material dealing with race and sexuality or risk ...