For three decades, newcomers have flocked to Beardstown for opportunities in the hog slaughterhouse that anchors the local ...

Democrat Paul Faraci has defeated his Republican opponent Jeff Brownfield for the State Senate seat representing the 52nd ...

A proposition to increase the sales tax for safety purposes has been rejected in Champaign County. WCIA previously reported ...

Curtis Orchard and Pumpkin Patch has a deep history and family roots that define it as a fall staple in the Champaign-Urbana area.

The incumbent representative won the 13th congressional district that includes Madison, St Clair, Macoupin, Sangamon, Piatt, ...

Democratic Rep. Nikki Budzinski won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Illinois on Wednesday. The freshman congresswoman was once a former senior advisor to Gov. JB Pritzker and worked ...

Will Riley and Morez Johnson Jr. (and Kasparas Jakucionis?) wasted no time etching their names into program history ...

Scott Richey covers college basketball for The News-Gazette. His email is [email protected], and you can follow him on ...

As late results came in from Champaign County Wednesday morning, Rep. Brandun Schweizer (R-Danville) received enough support ...

Despite the Republican being outspent, it's a close race for a central Illinois congressional district. Republican challenger Joshua Loyd was narrowly trailing Democratic incumbent Nikki Budzinski for ...

Materials scientists can now use insight from a very common mineral and well-established earthquake and avalanche statistics to quantify how hostile environmental interactions may impact the ...

Materials scientists have uncovered a new way to predict material degradation and failure by studying muscovite mica and ...