In the last few weeks, a peculiar plant has begun to draw attention as it reaches full bloom across central Illinois.

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Since I started serving, I have always told people that we serve so that others don’t have to,” Drew Arteaga said. “It means ...

The Hornaday family of Tuscola had a fun time during their stop earlier this month at The News-Gazette’s offices in Champaign ...

St. Thomas More's new football coach Cary Matthews at the school in Champaign on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. New St. Thomas More ...

Maddax Stine Faces of Spring photo shoot at the News-Gazette in Champaign on Sunday, February 23, 2025.

Longtime boys' basketball coach, who stepped aside in 2018, returns to coach the Spartans' girls basketball program in 2025 — ...

For only the third time in history, Wednesday night’s NBA draft saw two Illinois basketball players drafted in the first ...

Illini basketball’s trophy case has gotten crowded in Brad Underwood‘s seven-plus years as coach. (Robin Scholz/The ...

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British authorities say they seized 2.4 metric tons of cocaine in a ship arriving in England from Panama. The drugs are valued at almost 96 million pounds ($132 million). They ...