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

Illinois football's Class of 2026 is growing in national ranks after it got a commitment from a 4-star linebacker Cam Thomas ...

Chester (8-14) visits Okawville on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Benton, Illinois (3-6) hosts Nashville on Thursday at 6 p.m.

Okawville downed Chester 44-35 Friday at Chester. Okawville (11-13) will host Lebanon, Illinois on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. Chester (10-6) goes on the road to play Red Bud on Friday, February 7 at 7:30 p ...

Cam Thomas is one of the top athletes in the 2026 recruiting class, and though there is still plenty of time to go in his ...

Bret Bielema and the Fighting Illini are building one of the nation's best classes with its 2026 recruits. Here is a running ...

Lakota West 2026 linebacker Cam Thomas announced Thursday he has verbally committed to the University of Illinois.

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Christopher Baker and Michelle Ong-Hendrick have been appointed as the new Co-Artistic Directors of Chester Theatre Company, ...

Not too long ago, one of the top 2026 prospects spurned both Michigan and Ohio State and committed to Illinois. Victor Singleton, an Ohio native, might have sta ...

Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on this day in 1911. His legacy still shapes American politics, historians say, and he's a ...

While authorities pursued dead ends, Chester's adoptive parents, William and Hilja Jutila, had escaped to Chicago, Illinois. Family members of the couple eventually became concerned that their ...