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

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Brady Parr Faces of Spring photo shoot at the News-Gazette in Champaign on Sunday, February 23, 2025. Zach Piatt covers high ...

When the kids were growing up, we had a giant weeping willow tree in the backyard. It was a magnificent specimen with long, ...

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President Donald Trump, in a new interview, is circumspect about his duties to uphold due process rights laid out in the Constitution. He also says he doesn’t think military force ...

A missile launched by Iranian-backed rebels in Yemen has briefly halted flights and commuter traffic at Israel’s main international airport. A large plume of smoke could be seen rising Sunday ...

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In 2013, prized basketball recruit Cliff Alexander of Chicago Curie faked like he was going to pick Illinois and put on a ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said there has been no need to use nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine and expressed hope that such a scenario will not arise. In ...

Illinois head coach Brad Underwood talks to a ref in a NCAA basketball game at the State Farm Center in Champaign on Monday, ...