A member of the 1983-84 Illini who won the school's first Big Ten title in 21 seasons, was 61. He was retired after working ...

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Baxter had a “trial by fire” his second day on the job, Testory said, when a water main ruptured at the city water plant.

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Beat writer Joe Vozzelli previews Monday night's matchup at State Farm Center with the Illini looking to end recent struggles ...

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Cissna Park’s Addison Lucht takes a selfie with her teammates at Friday’s practice after earning The News-Gazette’s Athlete ...

Investors dumped technology stocks in premarket trading Monday, sending U.S. indexes sharply lower after Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek demonstrated a chatbot that it says rivals the ...

Residents in eastern Congo’s largest city of Goma are fleeing after Rwanda-backed rebels claimed to have captured the regional hub from Congolese forces. Fighting has escalated in recent days despite ...

Take a bow Illinois basketball fans. Three days after your favorite team got blown out at home by Maryland, you packed the ...