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BOB ASMUSSEN asmussen@news-gazette.com Attention to all smart shoppers in the area: Champaign Central High School’s National Honor Society has clothing deals for you. The...

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Anthony Zilis azilis@news-gazette.com Whether she’s directing a school play, directing one of her schools’ choirs, or assisting with the band, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Midd...

JIM ROSSOW jrossow@news-gazette.com Mary Holsten was tickled pink when a group of students and staff arrived at her house Saturday morning, armed with rakes, chainsaws and t...

WHEN: Tuesday, June 13, 2023 WHERE: iHotel & Conference Center TIME: 8:30AM - 3:30PM FREE EVENT! Early Registration is open for Area 4 Administrators only ...

WHEN: Wednesday, August 2, 2023 WHERE: iHotel & Conference Center TIME: 8:30AM - 3:30PM FREE EVENT! * Networking lunch and refreshments will be provided ...

By JOEY WRIGHT jwright@news-gazette.com CHAMPAIGN — Shayna Singh didn’t pick up a bow and arrow until just before starting high school at Champaign Central. Four years la...

In her 25th year at St. Joseph Middle School, language-arts teacher Amber Garrison is well into her second generation of students. Teaching the kids of former students is “such...

URBANA — The Urbana school board has approved a new three-year contract with its teachers union. The contract, already ratified a week ago by the Urbana Education Association, ...

CHAMPAIGN — Nichole Millage noticed the knee-length socks Katie Holloway Bridge was wearing over her prosthetic leg when her new teammate walked into her first Team USA sitting vo...

MIAMI — John and Kim Lindgren are accustomed to receiving whiplash-inducing news from their middle of three children, Jeff Lindgren. Such is the life of being a professional ba...

CHAMPAIGN — The storied Champaign Central boys’ basketball program is in the market for a new head coach. And the Maroons will need to fill a noteworthy void in their athletics...

Do you have a license that will expire on June 30, 2023? Starting Saturday, April 1, 2023, you will be able to log in and renew. ISBE has updated the guides to help you through ...

By DEBRA PRESSEY dpressey@news-gazette.com CHAMPAIGN — There was a time when a doctor predicted Summer Nagele would never be able to walk, talk or eat on her own. Her par...

By COLIN LIKAS clikas@news-gazette.com CHAMPAIGN — Josh Pierce is an uncompromisingly positive human being. The St. Thomas More senior nearly always sports a smile on his f...

MAHOMET — When ag teacher/FFA adviser Jennifer Wherley joined the teaching staff at Mahomet-Seymour High School 21 years ago, there were 17 students in the ag program. Today, t...

RANTOUL, Ill., (WCIA) — One Rantoul principal is back from Washington D.C. after presenting at the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) conference with educators from ac...

How did the Illinois state archery tournament end up in Champaign? The credit is shared by multiple stakeholders, including the state's coaches, Champaign's Unit 4 school distr...

URBANA — Urbana students and staff returned from spring break this week with heavy hearts. At tonight's school board meeting, there was a moment of silence held for Montrell Em...