Authorities say at least 100 people, most of them women, were missing after a boat transporting them to a food market capsized along the River Niger in northern Nigeria. The ...

Illinois head coach Shauna Green in a NCAA basketball game at State Farm Center on Friday, Nov. 22, 2024. Sports Copy Editor ...

Insurgents have breached Syria’s second-largest city, Aleppo, and were clashing with government forces on the city's western edge on Friday, according to a Syria war monitor and fighters. Insurgents h ...

Two children and a woman were crushed to death Friday as a crowd of Palestinians pushed to get bread at a bakery in the Gaza Strip amid a worsening food ...

British Transport Minister Louise Haigh has resigned over a decade-old fraud conviction for claiming her cellphone was stolen. In a letter to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Haigh said the issue ...

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Monticello quarterback and future Illini pitcher continues to make plays as Sages vie for a state title on Friday evening ...

Monticello captain and linebacker won't play Friday in state championship game because of knee injury: 'I just want to be out ...

What’s your favorite Monticello uniform combination? I’m a big purple jersey with white pants fan. It gives you the best ...

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Growing up in Illinois, when it came time for Bret Bielema to pick his favorite baseball team, he listened to his grandfather Rich Bielema. “He was a huge Cubs fan,” Bielema said. “It kind of drove ...