29 of 47 area districts saw a decline last school year in chronic absentees, defined by the state as students who miss 10 ...

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Cissna Park has never won a state title, and the players are confident this is their time to bring home that championship trophy ...

Police in Oakland, California, say college football coach John Beam, known from Netflix's “Last Chance U,” has died after being shot on campus. Police announced his death on Friday, a ...

An early swoon shook the U.S. stock market, but it quickly calmed. After starting Friday with a sharp drop of 1.3%, the S&P 500 erased all of it and rose ...

Selected as the top choice from among five applicants for the job, Eric Bohm will have an initial three-year contract as ...

Officials and community leaders in Charlotte, North Carolina, are opposing a pending federal immigration crackdown. They describe it as an invasion and urge residents to protest peacefully and record ...

With the observance of Veterans Day this week, this production offers a 90-minute performance of letters sent from (and to) ...

A fatigue crack in the Keystone Pipeline led to an oil spill in North Dakota earlier this year that released thousands of barrels of oil onto ...

Colorado athletic director Rick George, left, and coach Deion Sanders arrived at Oregon for a game during the 2024 season.

An initiative of the University of Illinois Extension that is set to end next year is still working to address food ...

UAB is who Illinois football opens its 2026 season with. ... Cissna Park volleyball aiming for history this weekend in Normal ...