Firefighters have discovered a body at the scene of a fire that broke out Sunday afternoon in rural Whiteside County Sheriff John Booker has confirmed. Booker announced shortly before 4 p.m. Monday ...

Local and state fire officials are continuing their investigation into a house fire that broke out Sunday afternoon in Emerson. Sterling and Rock Falls firefighters and CGH EMS were called to 5500 ...

Greetings from "Can't Wait For Saturday," your morning morsel of college football, courtesy of longtime Illini beat writer, ...

The Illinois football team will have a target on our backs come the 2025 campaign. With the success of the football field ...

No Illini team has matched a 1946 stretch of four consecutive games — all vital to the Rose Bowl march — each of which ...

Coach Bret Bielema and the Illini boosted their 2026 class and began building their offensive line of the future ...

Logic tells me a college football team coming off a 10-win season should do better in recruiting than a team coming off a five-win campaign. But the reality is it can take time for a positive record ...

It has been a good start to the week for Illinois football coach Bret Bielema. On Monday, he celebrated birthday No. 55. Only 38 behind News-Gazette legend Loren Tate. Another reason for Bielema to ...

This season looks pretty grim. Nine of the other 15 teams are ranked. We brought in good shooters that for some reason can’t ...

Illinois football is playing with the big boys when it comes to an elite recruit. Since Bret Bielema took over the Illini ...

When national media comes after Illinois' Bret Bielema, be prepared to hear about it publicly, as ESPN's Adam Rittenberg ...