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SPRINGFIELD — Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has claimed victory in a legal battle against the Trump administration ...

The Champaign Central boys’ soccer team couldn’t have asked for a better start in its midweek conference showdown at Urbana ...

The U.S. stock market is drifting near its all-time high after oil prices halted their weeklong run of easing. The S&P 500 slipped 0.1% in early trading Wednesday. The Dow ...

Canada has a new posture on the planet’s biggest diplomatic stage as world leaders convene at the U.N. General Assembly this ...

Competition has started to pick up on the pitch recently, and it’s resulted in losses and notable wins for area schools across the board. Sorting through the results is preps ...

Central improves to a 7-1-1 season record and is 4-1 in the Big Twelve Conference. The Central’s team huddles before the start of the boys’ soccer game against Urbana at Urbana High School on Tuesday ...

Russia has launched daylight drone attacks on Kyiv, hours before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was to address the U.N. General Assembly. Zelenskyy is at the United Nations in New York ...

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.

Urbana police say the 35-year-old victim had multiple gunshot wounds to his abdomen and was in surgery Tuesday night at Carle ...

Hurricane Polo is gaining strength as it moves along Mexico's southwestern coast as a Category 5 cyclone. The Miami-based ...

Central improves to a 7-1-1 season record and is 4-1 in the Big Twelve Conference. The Central’s team huddles before the ...