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Illinois has the makings of a solid nonconference schedule for the 2025-26 season, with neutral site games scheduled (so far) ...

Isbell — currently serving as provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison — will ...

A lackluster prologue explains her character Eve’s raison d’etre. Having witnessed her father die at the hands of a group of ...

Growing up playing sports in my hometown of Eureka — and with my alma mater playing this weekend at Illinois Field in ...

Mahomet-Seymour senior Mason Orton pitches in the first inning of Thursday’s Class 3A sectional semifinal baseball matchup ...

Today will be the last day on the job for outgoing Urbana Park District Executive Director Tim Bartlett, right, who has been ...

Rachel Lenz joined the Urbana Park District as executive director on May 21. Outgoing director Tim Bartlett, whose final day ...

The wheels of government turn slow,” he said. “You just have to have a peace about it and not allow it to frustrate you.

People across the war-ravaged Gaza Strip marked the start of one of Islam’s most important holidays with prayers outside destroyed mosques and homes, with little hope the war with Israel ...