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

One of the highlights of my career: getting to know college and university presidents in the towns I worked and lived in.

Champaign County Board Member John Farney made a motion at Thursday's meeting to amend the proposed ordinance so that the ban ...

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Illinois freshman forward Morez Johnson Jr. dunks over Northwestern center Keenan Fitzmorris on Sunday. Johnson produced 15 ...

March 31 is the projected completion date of a $5.9 million pre-kindergarten addition to Rantoul’s Pleasant Acres Elementary ...

Illinois women’s basketball beat writer and AP Top 25 voter Joe Vozzelli breaks down the poll released Monday — and shares ...

Urbana junior Max Kooper follows through on a dive during last Thursday’s home meet against Charleston and Mahomet-Seymour at ...

Efrem Winters didn’t spend all that much time in Champaign after his playing days ended. The former McDonald’s All-American, ...

"A conservative estimate would be around 600 folks in our community who don't have a place to live at any given time, and ...

Checkered Moon, a locally owned and operated boutique at 2007 S. Neil St., Champaign, is closing in late February, as the ...