Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Illinois dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to ...

As the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency announces another round of funding for an electric vehicle rebate program, ...

The postseason is still a month away, but the area scene is heating up. Sports Editor Matt Daniels unveils The News-Gazette’s ...

Filmmaking is taking place more frequently in Central Illinois — especially in the Champaign-Urbana and Rantoul areas — and ...

Temperatures are starting off this morning in the single digits. Luckily it will be a one and done for central Illinois.

A former Bushnell man and former U.S. Marine living in Ohio who had been convicted of storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, ...

The Champaign County Board has voted to approve a 12-month pause on carbon sequestration to protect the Mahomet Aquifer, a ...

A central Illinois woman is looking forward to spending more time with friends and family after working at the same pharmacy in Ford County for half a century.

Grant Smith, Brayden Trimble and Ryne Sheppard are some of the players that shined in the county this football season.

SOUTHERN VIEW TOWNSHIP, Ill (WICS) — Some central Illinoisians will continue to pay a grocery tax even after that state tax expires next year. 46 towns across the state have passed their own grocery ...

If you're looking for the best kept secret in education, you should turn to Helen Lehman. Although she might be 103 years old ...

EAST PEORIA, Ill. — The ebb and flow of crop prices creates a never-ending challenge for farmers’ financial positions. Nick ...