PEORIA — Illinois saw a second player go into the NCAA football transfer portal on Thursday, this time from the defensive side of the ball. Reserve defensive back Tyler Strain, who has one season of ...

Illinois will have its first new senator in a decade after voters in the 2026 midterm elections select someone to succeed retiring U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, who has held the seat since 1997.

Former Georgia superstar and former ESPN analyst David Pollack believes one thing is certain. Expansion isn’t over. “Let’s talk about this: The reason why college football will continue to expand and ...

Northern Illinois Football Preview 2025: Huskies Rebuild In Final MAC Season originally appeared on College Football News. Northern Illinois might be the most interesting Group of Five program to ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The Illinois football team will now open the 2025 season one day earlier — Friday, Aug. 29 — against Western Illinois in primetime at Memorial Stadium. The game's kickoff ...

Fortunately for MU, it already has Davis' replacement in place with David Blackwell, who has been on the staff since 2023, taking over. "Today I accepted Coach Davis' resignation, as he is ...

Democratic National Committee (DNC) Vice Chair David Hogg’s group Leaders We Deserve on Thursday made its first endorsement of the 2026 cycle, backing Illinois state Sen. Robert Peters (D ...

A Big Ten football coach has signed a contract extension. Bret Bielema and Illinois have agreed to a six-year extension. The new contract will run through 2031 and will increase Bielema's salary ...

City Clerk Lauren Wilson swears in Chris Bohn to represent Ward 1 in the Alton City Council on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. Mike Velloff is sworn in to represent Ward 3 in the Alton City Council by ...

Certain coaching regimes have certain states they like to recruit in, but for the Illinois football program, the map is wide open. Under Bret Bielema, the Illini have been able to win some solid ...