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

Sports Editor Matt Daniels breaks down the area’s 16 first-round high school football playoff games that kick off Saturday ...

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All four schools from the same district deemed "exemplary" on ISBE report cards. Area best: Monticello High School and PVO ...

Illinois offensive coordinator Barry Lunney Jr. provides perspective from his side of the ball before the Illini face Rutgers ...

Illini women's soccer moving on at Big Ten tournament. ... Dosunmu helping unbeaten Bulls. ... SJ-O soccer plays in Sweet 16 ...

Cissna Park's fourth consecutive regional plaque headlines busy Thursday, while Mahomet-Seymour won't repeat as Class 3A ...

Illinois guard Jasmine Brown-Hagger defends and gets in front of Maryille guard Lindsey Schadewalt during Thursday night’s ...

"They have such a passion for the sport, and they do it for each other. They’re each other’s best friends, and it’s showing ...

Brad Underwood laughs with a pair of fans after the Illinois men’s basketball coach signed a poster for them at the special ...

CPM plans to build a mix of 228 one and two-bedroom apartments. Company officials estimated that the first of these units ...

Here’s a map of single-copy locations Each week, courts-beat reporter Luke Taylor will assemble a bulletin of local criminal ...