The promised deployment comes as ICE activity has ramped up in Chicago and its suburbs as part of “Operation Midway Blitz,” which has so far resulted in more than 800 ...

Indonesian rescuers searching for missing students after a prayer hall at an Islamic boarding school collapsed last week recovered the bodies of dozens of students over ...

Janelle Harper, a Deland-Weldon science teacher, and her students plant mums near where the outdoor learning center will be built. Deland-Weldon students help dig holes to plant 5 trees on the ...

A&R Mechanical Contractors, which started as a simple plumbing business in the east Urbana home of Bud and Bea Reichard, is celebrating 100 years since its humble origins.

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President Donald Trump is sending California National Guard members to Oregon after a judge temporarily blocked his administration from deploying that state’s guard to Portland. California Gov. Gavin ...

Seymour's Pfeifer Manuel (43) watches vs.Mt. Zion in a prep volleyball match at Mahomet-Seymour High School on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. College/Prep Sports Reporter Mahomet-Seymour's Ava Yeakel (14) ...

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

Gov. J.B. Pritzker just issued an executive order that, among other things, requires state agencies to identify cuts totaling 4 percent of their current year appropriations.

The Sousa Band saxophone section who performed for the ensemble’s 1923-1924 tour, which included the Willow Grove performances of Sousa’s ‘An Application of Jazz Tunes.’ Frederick Bayers and James Son ...

Area dog owners, here’s your chance to contribute to an important advance in animal health and get a free evaluation of your own pet’s health status!