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Illinois quarterback Luke Altmyer celebrates during the Illini’s 21-17 win against South Carolina in the Citrus Bowl. Altmyer ...

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With a smiling Shauna Green nearby, Illinois women’s basketball associate coach Calamity McEntire tells a story during ...

Jack Gurevitch is a Montreal Canadiens superfan and a proud Canadian who says he is upset by President Donald Trump’s tariff plans and threats to annex Canada.

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Minnesota asking to revive the state's ban on gun-carry permits for young adults.

Moments after Daniris Espinal walked into her new apartment in Brooklyn, she prayed. In ensuing nights, she would awaken and touch the walls for reassurance — finding in them a ...

Teacher Eric Miller writes the Philo school’s play each year, and he takes it seriously — penning the work the summer before ...

Eric Miller, center, junior high teacher at St. Thomas Catholic School in Philo, with the script he wrote and members of the ...

Brad Underwood’s Illinois men’s basketball team will try to avoid posting its first losing streak since March 2023 when the ...

St. Thomas More's Hunter Madigan (far left) takes a picture with his teammates after Saturday's Mattoon Invitational. LeRoy's ...