In an open letter to Urbana residents, Police Chief Larry D. Boone writes: "Now is the time to act — for those suffering in ...

Champaign County Coroner Laurie Brauer has released the names of the two people who died after the shooting Saturday night.

The Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley varsity boys basketball team won 79-55 over Flanagan-Cornell on Tuesday. The host Falcons (15-9, 5-3 Heart of Illinois Conference) started the game with a 10-0 run via ...

Those surviving who will cherish Melvin’s memory include his wife, Marleen; children, LaVonne (Jamie) Craft, Jason (Tracy) Honeycutt, and Matthew (Shannon) Honeycutt; 8 grandchildren, Bryant, Audriana ...

GIBSON CITY – Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley sophomore Lily Sizemore became the youngest varsity girls basketball player in school history to reach 1,000 career points on Monday, Feb. 3. Sizemore scored 27 ...

Zach Piatt covers high school sports at The News-Gazette. His email is [email protected].

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) said he would block pardoned Capitol insurrectionists from serving in local government positions, citing a state law ordinance, according to a Thursday letter ...

The Outer Banks is the artist James Melvin’s muse. He fell in love with the barrier islands while visiting from Fayetteville a little over 40 years ago. Now 76, he smiles as he remembers ...

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted more than 460 arrests nationwide in a 33-hour operation, including in Illinois. The focus was on individuals with criminal histories ...

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