SEATTLE (AP) — Ali Abdulla was over the moon when he learned his youth-soccer nonprofit would receive 20 free tickets to the World Cup round of 16 match next month ... Read more

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama on Friday moved to execute a man with lethal injection hours after his nitrogen execution was prevented from going forward. ... Read more

In a story published Jun. 11, 2026, about storms in the Midwest, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Des Moines police said a man died Wednesday after being hit by ... Read more

A former UI police officer convicted of sexual assault and alleged to be a "serial rapist" has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. ... Read more

The sight of a carcass hanging in the cutting room is increasingly uncommon at Molokaʻi’s only slaughterhouse. ... Read more

Authorities in Texas say a man who opened fire in a shooting that left one dead and 10 injured had shot at police just days earlier during a chase. Texas ... Read more

PARIS (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has arrived in Europe for the upcoming G7 summit, where he is expected to make a more muted criticism of U.S. President ... Read more

Shares of SpaceX soared 24% in their Wall Street debut, making the rocket maker’s founder and CEO Elon Musk the first-ever trillionaire. The shares opened at $150 and reached $168 ... Read more

Authorities in Texas say a man who opened fire in a shooting that left one dead and 10 injured had shot at police just days earlier during a chase. Texas ... Read more

PROVO, Utah (AP) — Attorneys for the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk asked a judge Friday to block prosecutors from seeking the death penalty as punishment for comments they ... Read more

Staley Road between Bloomington and Cardinal roads remains closed due to downed power lines, and the closure will likely continue through this evening. ... Read more

PROVO, Utah (AP) — Attorneys for the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk asked a judge Friday to block prosecutors from seeking the death penalty as punishment for comments they ... Read more

Shares of SpaceX soared 24% in their Wall Street debut, making the rocket maker’s founder and CEO Elon Musk the first-ever trillionaire. The shares opened at $150 and reached $168 ... Read more

U.S. stocks are rising after oil prices fell again, and SpaceX soared in its highly anticipated debut on Wall Street. The S&P 500 rose 0.4% Friday. The Dow added 382 ... Read more

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday refused to stop the White House from staging a UFC show this weekend in an elaborate ring already built on the South ... Read more

PARIS (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has arrived in Europe for the upcoming G-7 summit, where he is expected to be a more muted criticism of U.S. President ... Read more

The city of Tuscola is instructing residents to limit water usage "wherever practical" as Illinois American Water is facing supply and distribution issues with its system in Tuscola, Arcola and ... Read more

Residents in tornado-ravaged areas in Illinois and Indiana are grappling with damage to their homes and neighborhoods after a strong line of storms barreled through communities south of Chicago. Cleanup ... Read more

OSF Sacred Heart Medical Center in Danville regained power just before noon, said OSF spokesman Tim Ditman. ... Read more

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge refused on Friday to stop the White House from staging a UFC show this weekend in an elaborate ring already built on the South ... Read more

Police say the suspect in a West Texas shooting that killed one person and injured at least nine others is dead. The shooter had been locked in a standoff Friday ... Read more

Shares of SpaceX soared 25% in their Wall Street debut on Friday, making the rocket maker’s CEO Elon Musk the first-ever trillionaire. The shares opened at $150 and kept rising, ... Read more

A judge has denied a request from the Kennedy Center to pause a ruling ordering President Donald Trump's name removed from building. That denial came Friday. U.S. District Judge Christopher ... Read more

U.S. stocks are rising after oil prices fell again, and SpaceX soared in its highly anticipated debut on Wall Street. The S&P 500 rose 0.4% Friday. The Dow added 336 ... Read more

FBI agents have searched the office of an Ohio group that supports voter registration efforts, seizing documents and computer files, a board member of the organization said Friday. ... Read more

Police say the suspect in a West Texas shooting that killed one person and injured nine others is dead. The shooter had been locked in a standoff Friday morning with ... Read more

Allerton Park and Retreat Center in Monticello shared that its gift shop is closed today due to a power outage, and the Greenhouse Cafe is closed until further notice. Charlotte's ... Read more

SpaceX shares shot 23% higher as the rocket maker’s shares soared in their debut on Wall Street and made CEO Elon Musk the first-ever trillionaire. The shares opened at $150 ... Read more

Officials say a shooting in Midland, Texas, has left one person dead and nine others in the hospital. Police say that a suspect is in a standoff with officers about ... Read more

Vermilion County Emergency Management Agency Director Joel Bird said that area residents should keep a watchful eye on their weekend forecast "because I don't think we're out of the woods ... Read more

U.S. stocks are drifting after oil prices fell again and Wall Street welcomed the highly anticipated trading debut of SpaceX. The S&P 500 rose 0.1% Friday. The Dow added 253 ... Read more

SpaceX jumped 11% as the rocket maker’s stock opened for trading. That price gives the company a market value of $1.96 trillion and is enough to make CEO Elon Musk ... Read more

A federal judge in Virginia has extended a court-ordered block on the Trump administration’s creation and operation of a $1.8 billion settlement fund for compensating people who claim to be ... Read more

A key surveillance tool seen as vital in preventing terror attacks and catching foreign spies is set to expire after congressional efforts to temporarily extend it failed in bipartisan fashion. ... Read more

Independents have grown increasingly unhappy with President Donald Trump during his second term, particularly independents without a college degree. A new analysis from researchers at the AP-NORC Center for Public ... Read more

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Police in Ohio have arrested a suspect in a shooting that wounded 12 people at a crowded neighborhood street festival last weekend. ... Read more

WASHINGTON (AP) — The relationship between U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron started simply enough, with a handshake, nearly a decade ago. ... Read more

Ford is recalling more than 250,000 vehicles that were incorrectly repaired under a previous recall meant to fix a problem that caused the engine to stall while driving. ... Read more

Artist David Hockney has died. He was 88. His paintings of pools shimmering in the Los Angeles sunshine became icons of 20th-century art. He was one of the most popular ... Read more

Authorities and residents searched tornado-ravaged areas and assessed damage Friday after a strong line of storms barreled through communities south of Chicago, leaving around 380,000 customers without power in Illinois ... Read more

Elon Musk is set to become the world's first trillionaire Friday by selling shares in his rocket company in likely the biggest stock debut ever. SpaceX is raising $75 billion ... Read more

Artist David Hockney has died at 88. His paintings of pools shimmering in the Los Angeles sunshine became icons of 20th-century art. Hockney was born in the north of England ... Read more

Beat writer Scott Richey takes a look at three Class of 2027 targets the Illini are trying to land this weekend ... Read more

Local connection in College World Series. ... St. Joseph-Ogden sports programs continue their success. ... Keep an eye out on Illini at NCAA Outdoor Championships. ... Catching up with Unity ... Read more

The Illinois State Board of Education formally adopted a plan Wednesday aimed at improving math instruction and boosting student math scores throughout the state. ... Read more

KAOHSIUNG, TAIWAN - MediaOutReach Newswire - 12 June 2026 - The Kaohsiung City Government Tourism Bureau has unveiled its new international tourism brand, "KEEP VIBRANT KAOHSIUNG." By executing a promotional ... Read more

Today is Friday, June 12, the 163rd day of 2026. There are 202 days left in the year. ... Read more

In a new blow to the Kremlin’s narrative that Moscow is winning the 4-year-old war in Ukraine, Kyiv’s forces have targeted fuel supplies to the Crimean Peninsula. That has triggered ... Read more

Former UI professor bringing passion for Arctic culture to Urbana community ... Read more

Taylor Swift has become the youngest woman ever inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Steven Spielberg introduced Swift on Thursday night with a speech about the power of songwriting. ... Read more

The current voting round closes Saturday night; individuals can cast two free votes per entry daily or purchase additional votes, organizers said. More information is available at petloverschoiceawards.com. ... Read more

Today is Friday, June 12, 2026. Here are local news reports from 100, 50 and 15 years ago: ... Read more

Each week, News-Gazette courts reporter Luke Taylor will assemble a bulletin of recent criminal activity reported by area police agencies. ... Read more

The European Union is set to implement a new set of rules governing how each of its 27 member states will deal with irregular migration and asylum seekers. The European ... Read more

Taylor Swift has become the youngest woman ever inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame at age 36. Steven Spielberg introduced Swift on Thursday night with a speech about the ... Read more

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The man accused of killing Charlie Kirk is due back in court Friday as his attorneys seek to hold prosecutors in contempt for comments they made in the media about ... Read more

Southeastern Champaign and southern Vermilion counties were under a severe thunderstorm warning until 10 p.m., with Georgetown bearing the brunt of a storm spawning nickel-sized hail and 60 mph winds ... Read more

Southeastern Champaign and southern Vermilion counties were under a severe thunderstorm warning until 10 p.m., with Georgetown bearing the brunt of a storm spawning nickel-sized hail and 60 mph winds ... Read more

At least three tornadoes have battered communities outside Chicago, leveling homes and ripping down trees and power poles. Storms have also grounded flights and knocked out power for hundreds of ... Read more

President Donald Trump is nominating Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and a former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, as director of national intelligence. ... Read more

At least three tornadoes have touched down in communities outside Chicago, leveling homes and ripping down trees and power poles. Storms have also grounded flights and knocked out power for ... Read more

A fast-moving storm packing powerful winds and prompting tornado sirens uprooted large trees, left parts of South Prospect Ave. unpassable and led to emergency vehicles being dispatched across the area. ... Read more

At midnight, Ameren Illinois' outage map showed 10,270 customers without power in the Danville area and 5,766 in the Champaign area. ... Read more

Severe storms that swept through the Midwest knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of customers, damaged buildings and canceled flights, with new tornadoes touching down late Thursday in communities ... Read more

“Right now, we’re just taking your temperature to see what you think,” Mayor Bill Ingold told aldermen. “If this is something that you’d like to hear more about, we’ll invite ... Read more

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A Venezuelan asylum seeker injured during an encounter with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents last month has submitted a sworn statement that contradicts the agency’s version of events. ... Read more

Michigan should reject Consumers Energy’s plan to sell its 13 Michigan dams to an out-of-state private equity firm, an administrative law judge overseeing the proposed sale concluded Wednesday. ... Read more

President Donald Trump says he plans to nominate Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and a former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, as director ... Read more

Officials are warning of a new round of severe storms and possible tornadoes after severe storms swept the Midwest and knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of customers. Wednesday ... Read more

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins watched sterile flies being released to fight the New World screwworm on Thursday and visited the Texas ranch where one of the first cases of ... Read more

U.S. stocks rallied to their best day in two months, and oil prices fell after President Donald Trump called off his threat to bomb Iran in the evening. That raised ... Read more

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Much to the chagrin of SEC commissioner Greg Sankey, who continues twisting and turning his words to find arguments that frame his conference as the best in college football, the chasm in coaching between the SEC and Big Ten stretched even wider this winter. As the SEC filled some of ... Read more

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The federal government will pay North Dakota nearly $28 million to settle a lawsuit over the costs of policing massive protests against the Dakota Access oil ... Read more

Ex-NFL player Henry Ruggs was denied parole nearly five years after killing a woman in a drunken car crash in Las Vegas. Ruggs was sentenced to three to 10 years ... Read more

DETROIT (AP) — Former Associated Press reporter Marlene Louise Johnson, whose lawsuit against the wire service for race and gender discrimination led to affirmative action plans to spur hiring of ... Read more

Ohioans soon will be required to provide a photo ID when voting by mail – a major change to a voting method that previously had been exempted from the strict ... Read more

A key surveillance tool that allows the United States to collect intelligence abroad appears certain to expire. That's because the House and Senate on Thursday failed to temporarily extend the ... Read more

U.S. stocks are climbing, and oil prices are falling after President Donald Trump said he called off bombings of Iran planned for the evening, raising hopes for a deal that ... Read more

President Donald Trump says he plans to nominate Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and a former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, as director ... Read more

The Trump administration has put up $750,000 to charter a private yacht to evacuate a single American citizen from a remote South Pacific island after she had been aboard a ... Read more

U.K. Defense Secretary John Healey has resigned, saying the government is not willing to spend enough on the military at a time of rising threats. Healey told Prime Minister Keir ... Read more

NEW YORK (AP) — A brutal night for Victor Wembanyama continued even after he returned to his hotel on Wednesday, as he was pelted with boos from jeering Knicks fans ... Read more

U.S. meteorologists say an El Nino has formed. That's the natural warming of parts of the Pacific that changes weather around the globe. It is likely to a major factor ... Read more

Several hundred thousand homes and businesses were without power after severe storms swept through the Midwest. Wednesday's storms damaged buildings and structures across a wide swath and caused more than ... Read more

First lady Melania Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent have announced the launch of Fostering the Future Accounts. They are a spinoff of her husband's Trump Accounts investment funds meant ... Read more

A key surveillance tool that allows the United States to collect intelligence abroad appears certain to expire. That's because the House on Thursday failed to temporarily extend the program, in ... Read more

Unity quarterback a late addition to the 2026 Illinois football roster, but he can look to past area success stories as he carves out his own path ... Read more

Assembling the 88 Illini list has me thinking one single thought the last 72 hours. I can't get said thought out of my head which means I need to write about it. The thought: I'm not sure everyone understands the current football roster building methodology. So I'm ... Read more

Think back to this time a year ago. Penn State entered the 2025 season as a top-10 team and a trendy national title pick. By the second week of November, the Nittany Lions were 3-6, their head coach had been fired, and a season filled with promise had unraveled during ... Read more

This will be, without question, the most difficult list I've assembled. And I've been doing this since 2010. I guess I could say that I've been doing this since 2009 since that summer I put together a list of the top-50 players on the roster. But that was just a ... Read more

The Chicago Bears’ Board of Directors voted Thursday to advance their stadium development project in Hammond, Indiana. For the last five years, the Bears tried to play ball with the Illinois state government to secure a stadium deal in Arlington Heights. However, earlier this week, the state legislative session adjourned ... Read more

We took some mailbag questions on the podcast last week (and this week). We didn't get to this question but I really wanted to get to this question so now I'm going to get to this question. Because my favorite part of this is answering questions about my favorite part ... Read more

Former Illini standouts from the 1990s among more than 100 players up for annual honor ... Read more

Okay, NOW I've completed all of the 2025 Pick My Post articles. Last year's fundraiser was a bit of a mess (with the donation website working and then not working and then working again and then not working again) but I've heard from the two people whose articles hadn't been ... Read more

What is the premier conference in college football right now: the Big Ten or the SEC? After producing the last three College Football Playoff national champions — from three different schools — there is no denying the Big Ten has sat atop the college football world recently. But there is ... Read more

It's the college football offseason, but things will be ramping up soon for all the hubbub of gearing up for the start of the season in the fall. In the meantime, it's the season of lists and rankings before all that happens, and On3 just released its top 100 college ... Read more

The Wolverines have landed a second player in two days on the recruiting trail, as 2027 four-star defensive back Tavares Harrington announced his commitment to Michigan on Friday evening.BREAKING: Four-Star Safety Tavares Harrington has Committed to Michigan, he tells me for @Rivals⁰The 6’3 180 S from Chicago, IL chose the ... Read more

If you're a Michigan football fan, the month of May has been a good one when it comes to the Wolverines' 2027 recruiting class.Entering the month, the Wolverines had just five commitments. Now the total stands at 14.Mount Carmel (Chicago, IL) four-star cornerback Tavares Harrington became the latest addition to ... Read more

I'm glad I included the "if you didn't have your question answered, contact me" thing in the last post because two people reached out to say that their questions hadn't been answered yet. One email had been screened out as spam and the other one was a donation that never ... Read more

This is college football. At some point, the games pause, but the news and drama never does. Here's an offseason tracker for buzz across the college football landscape, including coaching changes, injury news, personnel moves and more. New LSU football coach Lane Kiffin has reportedly added former Tigers head coach ... Read more

Here's exactly how dumb I am. I started writing this article, the last of the set of questions from last year's fundraiser (at least I think it's the last - if you're question hasn't been answered, contact me) and as I'm writing it, I start to get this "didn't I ... Read more

I've thought about this one more than any of the other questions that were asked last year. I honestly thought about it during every game last season (except for maybe the snow game when all I was thinking about was how the snow under my feet was packed down so ... Read more