Bob Asmussen is a college football reporter and columnist for The News-Gazette. He can be reached at 217-393-8248 or asmussen ...

Tens of thousands of people have gathered in Beirut to attend the funeral of Hezbollah’s leader, nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike on a southern ...

Israel says it is scaling up a weekslong offensive in the occupied West Bank, sending in tanks to a militant stronghold and pledging to keep troops in place for the ...

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

Congo’s president says he is going to launch a unity government, as violence spreads across the country’s east and pressure mounts over his handling of the crisis. On Saturday, in ...

German voters are heading to the polls for a national election. The race pits the incumbent chancellor against the opposition leader, the vice chancellor and a leader of a far-right ...

D.W. Stevick wasn’t the first person to suggest that Champaign and Urbana should merge to become one larger city.

Shoe shopping can be complicated. Is it the right color, style, brand, and fit? For horses, getting the right shoes is even ...

Nearly every instrument is painful in the beginning. I’m not criticizing; I’m just learning endurance.

Dr. Edith Eva Eger in her insightful memoir “The Ballerina of Auschwitz” (Atheneum 2024) tells us about her Jewish family and her need for love in 1943 Hungary.

Walking across an empty University of Illinois campus the week after Christmas, I was reminded of an invitation I received way back in 1985 that changed my life.

Hope in Beauty; Act in Peace; Blessed Be. Mary Lucille Hays lives in Birdland near White Heath. She is serious about answering mail from readers. Consider subscribing to support your small-town ...