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

The 6-foot guard is averaging 16.3 points, 8.7 assists, 4.5 rebounds and 2.4 steals heading into today's regular season ...

February was National Pet Dental Health Month. That’s right — dental health is so important to our pets’ happiness and ...

Virginia Bartow was the first woman faculty member in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Illinois.

The list of frequently stolen goods has grown so long, it is almost hard to believe: cosmetics, small electronics, men’s ...

Joanna Vaughn, new owner of Greener Goods, at the store in Champaign on Monday. Calvin Teubel next to the ‘mobile showroom’ ...

Donald Trump's style of diplomacy is a whole lot like a high-stakes business deal, and his No. 1 goal is to come out of the transaction on top. The tactics ...

Ukraine’s military and Russian war bloggers say Russian special forces walked inside a gas pipeline to strike Ukrainian units from the rear in the Kursk region. Russian forces are trying ...

Consumer prices fell in China in February for the first time in 13 months, as persistent weak demand was compounded by the early timing of the Lunar ...

Inspired by Max’s new hit drama “The Pitt” — about life in the bustling Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Hospital — we asked a ...

Though I am familiar with the Scopes trial, I was pleased to read “A Dangerous Idea: The Scopes trial, the original fight ...

At 6:30 a.m. on Ash Wednesday morning, I stood in line at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Scottsdale, Ariz., to receive ashes on my forehead. Tables were set up outside ...