Illinois quarterback Luke Altmyer celebrates during the Illini’s 21-17 win against South Carolina in the Citrus Bowl. Altmyer ...

Teacher Eric Miller writes the Philo school’s play each year, and he takes it seriously — penning the work the summer before ...

Brad Underwood’s Illinois men’s basketball team will try to avoid posting its first losing streak since March 2023 when the ...

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With a smiling Shauna Green nearby, Illinois women’s basketball associate coach Calamity McEntire tells a story during ...

Eric Miller, center, junior high teacher at St. Thomas Catholic School in Philo, with the script he wrote and members of the ...

St. Thomas More's Hunter Madigan (far left) takes a picture with his teammates after Saturday's Mattoon Invitational. LeRoy's ...

Owner Jessica Trefzger is surprised by the success of The Hive Honey Beetique’s business in Mahomet. It’s been a rapid ascent ...

Four House Democrats are visiting El Salvador in a bid to support Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man whom the Trump administration deported to a notorious Salvadoran prison. While administration officials ...

A young woman who says she was raped and threatened by retired NFL player Shannon Sharpe during a “rocky consensual relationship” has filed a civil lawsuit ...