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

Tetralogy of Fallot — got a second chance at life, thanks to a collaboration involving a visiting veterinary heart surgeon ...

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

The uniforms of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) were unique compared with previous women’s ...

If you know (or are) a young reader who loves reading the survival stories of Gary Paulsen, you might want to pick up Dusti ...

Asking partisans on both sides of President Trump’s divide to cool off in the aftermath of the latest controversy has all the markings of a fool’s errand.

Installing a bidet in my bathroom wasn’t on my radar. A dermatologist planted the seed for this idea, touting many advantages of a bidet, essentially enhanced hygiene.

The Lyric Theatre @ Illinois ended its spring 2025 season with a remarkable production of Claudio Monteverdi’s trailblazing opera “Orfeo.” I attended the opening night on April 24. It was ...

Members of the Illinois House and Senate could be headed for a budget showdown with Gov. J.B. Pritzker. The current state legislative session is scheduled to wrap at the end of the month, and that ...

The fiscal chaos emanating from the Beltway is truly remarkable. President Donald Trump’s fascination with tariffs has roiled financial markets across the globe, while simultaneously wreaking havoc on ...

In his ongoing war against colleges that he has declared corrupt because they “indoctrinate” students with “radical-left ideology,” President Donald Trump has recently demanded that Harvard University ...

Since I never mastered the postal system here in China, I’m sending a package to our oldest and his wife by “friend-gram.” ...