Illinois forward Jake Davis, left, Illinois center Tomislav Ivisic, middle, and the rest of the 10th-ranked Illini will try ...

After months of research, Carolyn Cloyd shares the story of Eastern Illinois' first Black athlete and the first Black combat ...

Starrlee Rogers, owner of Sugar, Spice and Starlight, enjoys the idea of giving customers “new flavors to look forward to ...

Europe is grappling with a wildfire crisis. Greece has ordered fresh evacuations around Athens as gale-force winds drive ...

U.S. President Donald Trump says he will order American forces to hold off on strikes he had threatened against Iran, claiming Mideast allies had reached the parameters of a deal ...

BOTTOM LINE: The Cincinnati Reds play the Pittsburgh Pirates, leading the series 2-1. Cincinnati has a 52-58 record overall and a 25-31 record in home games. The Reds are seventh in the majors with ...

Nobody should be elected to a six-year term without real public vetting. These are what are generally called the “dog days” of summer, hot and stuffy much of the time. It will still be hot on Sept. 1, ...

Kansas voters will decide Tuesday whether to elect state Supreme Court justices rather than have the governor appoint them, a push from conservatives who have chafed ...

Imagine if our founders wrote into the Constitution clauses that remained valid for a fixed period, say seven years, or until the document’s parchment decayed. It might not have achieved all the ...

We’ve hit a rough patch over mowing the lawn this summer. The husband is temporarily sidelined with a knee injury and I cheerfully and enthusiastically (a slight exaggeration) volunteered to do the ...

I try not to review brand-new books too often, but this recently released one, by N. West Moss, hit the spot, so I will tell you about it. In “Birdy,” the eponymous main character and her brother, ...