Longtime News-Gazette columnist Loren Tate presents the award named for him to Illinois receiver Pat Bryant on Friday night ...

In other Senior Center News, with uncertainty about possible federal budget cuts to Social Security and Medicaid, staff at ...

Authorities say a suspect linked to organized crime punched and kicked a police canine repeatedly after fleeing a traffic ...

Some officials across Central Illinois are worried several townships could be dissolved if proposed bills continue to move forward. The Township Officials ...

I’m a lifelong gardener, come from a long line of farmers, and was shown community service was a way of life by my parents ...

The Economic Achievement Award was awarded to the Freeport Arts Museum Arts Plaza, a downtown cornerstone welcoming more than 20,000 people last year for a wide variety of community events. Hughes ...

Thousands of protesters gathered in Washington for Stand Up for Science, a rally in response to President Trump’s ...

Many people in Chicago name the buses as the single outstanding factor inspiring record numbers of the city’s Latinos — including those who sneaked across the border themselves or who count ...

The Rockford area will host a variety of events, including an Animal Rescue Expo, a concert by Tower of Power, and a Saint Patrick's Day Parade. Families can enjoy events like SpongeBob SquarePants ...

The new draft marks at least the third time the proposed ordinance has been changed since the County Board was first to ...

Despite weak commodity prices marring the near term outlook of the Zacks Manufacturing - Farm Equipment industry, it will ...

At 16 years of age, Ben Leeb said he doesn't remember much of when music wasn't a big part of his world. "Pretty much my whole life I've been involved in music," the Central sophomore from Savoy said.