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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 ...

"We are hoping that we're not going to have to push that timeline out too far, but it could be up to a year that we're going ...

After a couple weeks of deliberation, the city of Urbana has officially decided to commit up to $800,000 to Angela Bradley's ...

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Illini's Orlando Antigua tops in Big Ten assistant pay — by $200K+ ... Sign of the times: Indiana football coach now makes ...

Danville police are unable to track down the mystery woman who’d been staying with a man on Robinson Street — right up until ...

Volunteers from that town’s fire department and American Legion Auxiliary helped in the effort to send a 16-foot box truck of ...

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By shopping local, we’re not just supporting businesses — we’re keeping our hometown alive and growing. It’s important to me ...

It’s not so much the 23 points Jakucionis scored in Illinois’ 90-77 win Thursday against No. 19 Arkansas. Or the way th ...