Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays and longtime Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt will be honored with stamps next year, the U.S. Postal Service announced Monday.

Tyson Moore and Deandre Newbill were sentenced to 55 and 60 years in prison, respectively, for the 2025 shooting death of R.L ...

Tyson Moore and Deandre Newbill were sentenced to 55 and 60 years in prison, respectively, for the 2025 shooting death of R.L ...

President Donald Trump says he believes the war in Iran “militarily is effectively over.” The president made a surprise visit to White House briefing room after meeting with Qatar’s prime ...

In an appetite-ruining case of bad timing, McDonald’s announced the return of the “popular” McRib sandwich shortly before a ...

British science fiction writer M. John Harrison has won the prestigious Booker Prize for his novel "The End of Everything." The book, set on England’s Channel coast in the near ...

Champaign-based Mr. & Mrs. Auto Detailing will close at the end of 2026 after three years in business. The company will ...

Illinois guard Quentin Coleman (11) before the men’s basketball game against Pennsylvania at the State Farm Center on ...

Police in California are investigating after more than two dozen participants in the Santa Barbara Half Marathon ended up at the hospital on Sunday.

Here's how my first AP Top 25 ballot of the 2026-27 season looks with Shauna Green's Illinois team at No. 22 — where the ...

The votes are in. Michael Hardin of Unity football and Anniston Huff of Mahomet-Seymour cross-country are this week's winners ...

Bob Asmussen is a college football reporter and columnist for The News-Gazette. He can be reached at 217-393-8248 or asmussen ...