Nebraska's third-largest high school decided not to play varsity girls basketball this year after no juniors or seniors went out for the sport. But Grand Island is not alone. Participation ...

Decades after a former Chicago mayor pledged to extend transit to the city’s far South Side, the federal government is committing to the massive project just before President Joe Biden ...

The U.S. military says two U.S. Navy pilots have been shot down over the Red Sea in an apparent “friendly fire” incident. Both pilots were recovered alive, with one suffering ...

In the final chapter of a two-part miniseries piggybacking off our annual Guide to Giving, we asked community members who go ...

"All students in our building have to create a hope and dream for the school year. This year, I started calling home when ...

Illinois guard Terrence Shannon Jr. celebrates after a dunk in Friday night’s quarterfinal game of the Big Ten tournament ...

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

Calm. Cool. Collected. Consistent. Champion. All words to describe our latest All-Area Volleyball Player of the Year, Mahomet ...

Inexplicably given a very limited release by Warner Bros., Clint Eastwood’s “Juror No. 2” has exceeded its studio’s low ...

There was an abundance of talent throughout the area volleyball scene this fall. Here are the 10 players who stood out the ...

From left, the Bergman family: Alec, Amy, Aden and Stan. Stan caoched the Mahomet-Seymour volleyball team to a 39-3 record ...

The News-Gazette's final volleyball Top 10: Who else but the Bulldogs? Zach Piatt covers high school sports at The ...