The Asmussen family made our annual trip to the NCAA tournament in March at Raleigh, N.C. From left, Elizabeth, Hank, Julie ...

USA Junior National Team coach Tommy Lloyd talks to players at the U19 World Cup training camp in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Area coaches weigh in on IHSA basketball state tournament changes that bring third-place games back to Thursday and Friday ...

It’s not all crops and farm programs for most of them. They’re not afraid to get involved in their communities. Take Steve ...

Kylan Boswell and Ben Humrichous celebrate during Illinois’ first summer workout on Monday at Ubben Basketball Complex in ...

When he looks at the city where he was born and raised, Marlowe Coleman sees a need to make it into a community.

Iran’s supreme leader has rejected U.S. calls for surrender in the face of blistering Israeli strikes and warned that any military involvement by the Americans would cause “irreparable damage” to ...

Global shares are mostly higher and oil prices have slipped as investors await a decision on interest rates by the Federal Reserve. The inflation-fighters at the Fed are expected to ...

President Gerald Ford, right, presents George Dantzig with the National Medal of Science at an awards ceremony on Oct. 18, ...

It’s not often that federal appeals court justices throw up their hands and say an issue is above their pay grade.

Every year, the Parkland College Foundation presents the V. Dale Cozad Entrepreneur of the Year Award to an individual who demonstrates the best traits of entrepreneurship: a leader, self-starter and ...

CHICAGO... Bob Asmussen is a college football reporter and columnist for The News-Gazette. He can be reached at 217-393-8248 or [email protected].