Quarterback Jake Retzlaff made it official Friday, announcing plans to leave the BYU football team. As expected. Bob Asmussen ...

Enjoying the spotlight during his annual budget address in February 2024, Gov. J.B. Pritzker paused an accounting of his ...

Keep an eye on six former Illini: Kasparas Jakucionis and Dain Dainja (Miami Heat), Coleman Hawkins (Golden State Warriors), ...

Former Illini women’s basketball forward Kendall Bostic, The News-Gazette’s Illini Female Athlete of the Year in 2025, shows ...

Kendall Bostic delivered consistently inside State Farm Center in Champaign during four superb seasons with the Illinois ...

In hour #2, Steve Kelly and Loren Tate welcome News-Gazette sportswriter Scott Richey to the studio then catch-up with former ...

The last year saw Illinois' top male athletes garner multiple Big Ten and All-American honors. Some were conference champs.

Track and field athletes (mostly field) again dominate the list of Illinois' top female athletes, but the Illini women's ...

Philo residents make their way down the sledding hill after photographing everyone on Monday, July 7, 2025. Philo residents ...

More track and field success, the same on the basketball court and a breakout season on the football field led the way for Illinois athletics in 2024-25. Staff writer Scott ...

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The Balloons Over Vermilion festival, which begins today and runs through Saturday at the Vermilion Regional Airport July 11 ...