CHICAGO (AP) — An Indiana man convicted in the 2001 rape and murder of a teenage girl was set to die by lethal injection early Friday in the state’s third execution since resuming capital punishment ...

It was here, as a 20-year-old UI Ph.D. student, that 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry recipient Omar Yaghi “learned the meaning ...

RANTOUL — A 25-year-old man from Champaign has been arrested as a suspect after a local grocery store was robbed. Dametrius G. Kellup has been charged with armed robbery and is being held at the ...

CHICAGO (AP) — An ‘element’ of 200 Texas National Guard troops has started protecting federal property in the Chicago area on Wednesday, according to a military spokesperson. The spokesperson for the ...

Authorities have charged a 29-year-old man with igniting the January fire that destroyed Los Angeles’ Pacific Palisades neighborhood. Acting U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli says Jonathan Rinderknecht was a ...

One of the most exciting things for Bernie Magsaman has been raising not only the family’s sixth generation of farmers but also the seventh.

Arvell Reese is part of a defensive unit for Ohio State that is allowing only 5.0 points per game ahead of an 11 a.m. kickoff on Saturday for the top-ranked Buckeyes against No. 17 Illinois at ...

Welcome to “Good Morning, Illini Nation,” your daily dose of college basketball news from Illini beat writer and AP Top 25 ...

New Illini men’s basketball point guard Mihailo Petrovic during the C-U Kiwanis Tip-Off Event last month. College/Prep Sports ...

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

Armstrong-Potomac 2, Tri-Point 0. Tinley Parkinson eclipsed 1,000 career digs for the host Trojans (13-9) in a 25-14, 25-9 ...