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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) ...

Democratic state attorneys general are seeking to block President Donald Trump’s proposal for an overhaul of U.S. elections in a case that tests a constitutional bedrock — the separation of ...

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

Approving the bad idea of sweetening Tier 2 pensions for state employees hired after Jan. 1, 2011, would only have driven the state’s horrendous public-pension debt deeper into the hole. At the same ...

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

Champaign Central freshman Ryan Pipkins delivers to the plate on Thursday afternoon against Mt. Zion in a Class 3A sectional ...

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 ...

The most succesful season in Champaign Central softball history drew to a close on Thursday afternoon in Chatham ...

A by-the-numbers look before eight Class 1A and 2A high school baseball teams take to Illinois Field and try to win state titles this weekend ...

Ukrainian officials say Russia has targeted six regions of Ukraine with 407 drones and 44 missiles in one of its largest aerial attacks of the three-year war. Authorities the nighttime ...