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Huff Hall sold out for Illinois-Nebraska clash
(WCIA) — With two days until the No. 2 team in the country comes to town, Illinois volleyball is already bringing in extra bleachers. The Illini will host perennial powerhouse Nebraska in their first home game in a month. Billed as the “Stuff Huff” game, fans have delivered. Regular tickets are sold out, but some […]
Luke Altmyer looking to rewrite Illinois football record book with 2024 season
A lot of fans of the game have ignored the Illinois football team for a long time. If you didn’t love the Illini, there was no real reason to pay attention to the program. We had a couple of good seasons in the 2000s and the 2010s were dreadful.
PHOTOS: Penn State's recruiting visitors for the Illinois game
See many of the top prospects and commits who were on hand as the Nittany Lions improved to 4-0 with a victory in the Big Ten opener. Nearly 100 recruiting prospects were on hand when Penn State beat Illinois 21-7 at Beaver Stadium last Saturday night. This is our FREE photo gallery featuring most of the commits and key targets who were on hand for the action.
Illinois quick hits: Urbana to increase gas tax; university service workers could end strike
Urbana to increase gas tax Illinois has the second highest gas taxes in the country, and now a central Illinois community will be adding to the total. The Urbana City Council has passed a fuel tax increase that will begin in January 2025. In the first year, residents will see an increase of 7.5 cents per gallon, and by the third year, the tax per gallon will increase to 12.5...
Community Spotlight: Fall Fusion Fest
CHAMAIGN COUNTY, Ill. (WCIA) — Champaign County Arts Council and the Urbana Arts and Culture Program joined forces to bring the arts to the forefront of downtown Urbana over the weekend. Elise Hedgspeth, from Champaign County Arts Council, joined WCIA’s Taylor Mitchell to talk about the Fall Fusion Festival. The festival will take place on Saturday from […]
Purdue details announced as Illini prep in bye week
(WCIA) — Illinois’s game against Purdue will be a 2:30 p.m. start in Memorial Stadium on Saturday, October 12 and broadcast on FS1. The Illini get a week off before the border-state clash, a welcome break after five weeks of action followed by four straight Big Ten games. “I think it’s going to be important […]
Top of the Morning, Oct. 1, 2024
Oct. 1—Notes from the newsroom — Congratulations to Sports Editor Matt Daniels, named Alumnus of the Year by the Eastern Illinois University Journalism Department. He'll be honored at a Friday luncheon in Charleston. Daniels oversees one of the most accomplished sports departments in the country — regardless of size. The News-Gazette delivered another Triple Crown performance in this year's ...
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