Dave Hinton is editor of The News-Gazette's 'Our Communities' section. He can be reached at dhinton@news-gazette.com.

The top-seeded Okonkwo secured his Main Draw wild card with the Men’s Open championship after Gus Tettamble had to withdraw ...

Even for all those guys who have gone on to play higher-level football, it was still all about the team to them. To me, the ...

Thousands of demonstrators from the Champaign-Urbana area gathered outside the Champaign County Courthouse in response to a ...

The Spurlock Museum of World Cultures, with support from The Carden-Temple LGBTQ+ Impact Fund and The Greater Community AIDS ...

Think rabbits make a good starter pet because they are inexpensive, low-maintenance, and stoic? Toni Kim, a veterinary ...

Despite not reaching the finish line, a developer seeking to build race track and casino in Decatur said "a lot of progress" was made during the Illinois General Assembly's spring ...

The city of Aurora officially launched Juneteenth Week 2025 with the crowning of the new Mr. and Miss Black Aurora on ...

Illinois Extension is excited to invite the public to their annual Agronomy Field Day at the Ewing Demonstration Center on Thursday, July 24, 2025 ...

As they flutter through plant and flower blossoms, spreading pollen with every landing, butterflies, bees, and other ...

Ozinga has officially broken ground on a cutting-edge low-carbon cement manufacturing facility in East Chicago, Indiana.

The Illini 4000 — a group of 17 bicyclists traveling from New York City to San Francisco — stopped in New Martinsville on Tuesday after riding from Morgantown on W.Va. 7, logging 102 miles in a day.