Scott Richey covers college basketball for The News-Gazette. His email is srichey@news-gazette.com, and you can follow him on Twitter ( @srrichey ).

A Champaign man has been accused of attempting to set an Urbana apartment building on fire while at least half the residents were in their apartments.

In surprising move, former longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has taken the stand at his own corruption trial.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WICS) — Champaign residents will vote in April on a proposed property tax increase to support the Strides ...

A restaurant chain with a focus on providing a family-friendly sports-pub atmosphere is coming to north. David and Maria Verkler of Bourbonnais plan to open a Beef 'O' Brady's franchise at 730 W. Town ...

The Penn State and Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball teams are scheduled to meet in a Big Ten Conference contest at State Farm Center in Champaign, Illinois, on Wednesday, Jan. 8. The game is ...

He might call himself "The Indiana Jones of India," but Bryan Anton Rose is finding he's pretty happy back home in the U.S. "I'm a downstate-Illinois kid, that's just the reality," Rose said. "It's ...

Three decades after leading Manual's legendary run, Sergio McClain talks the state of Peoria's storied high school basketball ...

When Illinois legalized marijuana, a lot of new businesses popped up, and they had a lot of jobs to fill. The University of ...

Attorneys say two sons of notorious Mexican drug kingpin “El Chapo” facing sweeping drug-trafficking charges in the U.S. are ...

As Illinois worked its offseason recruiting magic and brought in eight new players for the 2024-25 season, Louisville ...

The University of Illinois' new greenhouse is designed to advance bioenergy crop research, focusing on water efficiency and ...