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

Illinois football has had an impressive run when it comes to recruiting, and some of the targets aren’t in the immediate future. With the class of 2025 buttoned ...

Illinois football coach Bret Bielema has a new assistant coach on board for the 2025 season. College Football Reporter/Columnist Illinois football coach Bret Bielema has a new assistant coach on board ...

With the Big Ten now establishing itself as the premier conference in college football, there are a number of teams that will ...

It might not have been grand, but the "soft opening" of Bellevue University's new fieldhouse showed the promise and ...

A Whiteside County jury has found a Freeport man guilty of attempted predatory criminal sexual assault of a victim younger than 13 in connection with a reported assault at a Sterling school playground ...

Arguably, the biggest surprise of this past college football season was the immense turnaround of the Indiana Hoosiers, led ...

While the Illinois football team is putting together an impressive class of 2026, more names are starting to emerge as ...

As Nebraska slowly builds its next class, a Citrus Bowl imbroglio helped Bret Bielema and Illinois break out on the 2026 ...

Rock Falls has issued a snow emergency effective at 10 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11, through 8 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 13. Sterling’s ...

Braden Birdsley, a senior, is a Sterling High School student of the month for January. He is the son of Jessica and Matt ...

While Ohio State, Oregon, Penn State and Indiana made the College Football Playoff this past season, one team right on the ...