Gazette’s 36th All-Area First Team together in The News-Gazette newsroom in Champaign on Tuesday. From left, Morgan Russell of Salt Fork, Reese Frye of Unity, Danika Eisenmenger of Unity, Irene Rangel ...

Community mentorship is helping transform residents of Integrated Development Programme (IDP) Model Villages by strengthening social cohesion and promoting better household practices long after ...

Mark your calendars. Here is the full regular-season schedule for 2026 Peoria-area high school football, including the Big 12 ...

The 52nd annual Illinois Shrine Game went down to the wire, and a pair of area athletes came up clutch late in the fourth ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People with Down syndrome say they can struggle to fit in, but that's not the case for Evan Hudson in Paxton, thanks to a couple ...

May 20—The IHSA girls' track and field state meet begins on Thursday with Class 1A prelims, continues on Friday with 2A and 3A prelims and concludes on Saturday with finals for all three classes.

Friday night storms took a toll on structures on the Niewold farm outside of Loda. Friday night storms took a toll on structures and equipment at the Niewold farm outside of Loda, flipping over three ...

CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WCIA) — Friday's severe weather brought tornadoes, winds upwards of 100 mph and plenty of damage as storms hit Central Illinois. NWS confirmed an EF1 from Downs to Ellsworth, that ...

PAXTON, Ill. (WCIA) — Newly obtained charging documents, along with a letter from the Paxton-Buckley-Loda School District, reveal more about the crimes former teacher Paul Meuser is accused of and how ...

PAXTON, Ill. (WAND) - A former teacher with the Paxton-Buckley-Loda School District faces felony sexual assault charges. In a letter to families, the PBL Superintendent said that driver's ed teacher ...

PAXTON, Ill. (WAND) - A second lawsuit has been filed in Ford County Circuit Court accusing a Paxton-Buckley-Loda teacher and former coach of sexual misconduct. The lawsuit was filed on Monday by ...

Members of Parliament (MPs) on a nationwide outreach have pledged to advocate for long-term solutions to persistent flooding in Rubavu District, a key tourism and business hub in the Western Province.