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

When Illyanna Lopez student taught Jefferson Middle School in 2016, she found her teaching home for the next decade-plus.

From thrilling comebacks to walk-off heroics to emotional sendoffs, this year had it all. We won’t soon forget any of those ...

League Commissioner Tom Grey and Sara Deaville look at her Coach of the Year award plaque, presented at Tuesday’s Tom Jones ...

Craig Pessman was taking photos at home plate when Tom Jones Challenger League commissioner Tom Grey began to walk toward him ...

I think it’ll also show that we need to continue to strengthen our commitment to community-oriented policing and enhancing ...

Britain has announced plans to lower the voting age from 18 to 16 before the next national election. The government announced the move on Thursday as part of efforts to ...

Connie Francis, the wholesome pop star of the 1950s and 1960s whose hits include “Pretty Little Baby” and who would later serve as an ironic title for a personal life ...

The quarterly reports submitted to the Federal Elections Commission shed light on how candidates are spending money as well ...

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This is rote exercise if it ever was one, and while it was a chore to sit through, there’s something more horrible in the offing.