Last time Barry Lunney Jr. called plays in a game was Nov. 29. Next time will be Dec. 30. That’s a month and a day between gigs, Plenty of time for the four-year Illinois offensive coordinator to get ...

Jackson is one of 14 players across NCAA Division I women’s basketball who is averaging at least 7.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 1.5 steals. The former Whitney Young standout — and 2025 News ...

Gazette's All-Area volleyball team arrives in Saturday's paper. ... Byrd keeps racking up wins for Illini wrestling. ... Nationally-ranked Parkland men's basketball at home on Saturday afternoon.

Heritage/Academy High started the season 9-0 before suffering back-to-back losses. Now, the Hawks look to be back on track.

Jordan Cox has been a key part of a 9-0 start to the 2025-26 season for the LeRoy boys’ basketball team. Prep Sports ...

Tony Reetz at Unity and Cameron Lee at Oakwood — were part of two Redbirds' teams that went on deep playoff runs. Just ...

Heather Fowler said that a “small local ownership group” — including herself and James McNeely — purchased The Neighbors at ...

World shares have advanced after the Bank of Japan raised its key policy rate Friday to its highest level in 30 years and U.S. inflation cooled more than expected. The ...

Thanks to a grant from the CU Schools Foundation, the Franklin STEAM Academy baking club bought lightly-used hand and stand ...

For the first time, Parkland College will host not one but two commencement ceremonies this spring, celebrating graduates ...

Leal Elementary School kindergarten teacher Amanda Nelson spreads out newly-purchased toys in her Urbana classroom Thursday.

When ownership at the Moon Glo offered to find work for bartender ANGEL SMITH, she might not have expected to stay on the new ...