Josie Cler, Faces of Spring photo shoot at the News-Gazette in Champaign on Sunday, February 23, 2025. Zach Piatt covers high ...

Spay” and “neuter” are words frequently heard by owners of a new puppy, kitten, dog or cat visiting the veterinary clinic.

In “The Heartland,” historian Walter Havighurst focuses on the early settlement of the “Grand Prairie.” He says that once ...

The pervasive sultry sounds and hypnotic syncopations of Latin-America’s artistic heritage have pulsed across the Americas’ ...

Christmas may net the most attention and money, but Christmas and Easter are integral parts of the same narrative. Christmas ...

Kelly McKinley and Lucas Bell at their new shop in Fisher. Kelly ...

More than 20 people have been killed in a Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Sumy, the city’s acting mayor said. Two ballistic missiles struck the heart of ...

On March 30, the winner of the Krannert Center Debut Artist competition, pianist Chin-Hsuan (Sharon) Cheng, gave an appealing recital which included music from her native Taiwan and compositions by ...

A Sangamon County judge has decided in a controversial case that it’s better to be safe than sorry. There are far more frivolous motions seeking changes of venue in criminal cases than there are ones ...

Author Kate Messner may need little introduction to readers of middle-grade fiction, but her latest novel in verse, “The ...

Last week in Missouri, Theodore E. McCarrick died at age 94. He was the former archbishop of Washington, D.C., and the highest American prelate of the Catholic Church to be ...

Welcome to the grand illusion. When it comes to recorded entertainment, your eyes, and sometimes your ears, deceive you. We would not enjoy movies and video, along with some formats ...