As a big three of serious contenders emerges ahead of the pack in a deep conference, Illinois women’s basketball beat writer and AP Top 25 voter Joe Vozzelli ranks all 18 Big Ten teams: South Carolina ...

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Environmental leaders believe grants and other sources of funding will allow them to continue cutting pollution, even if ...

Western Pennsylvania has its beloved Punxsutawney Phil, but in Illinois, there’s a lesser-known contender for the groundhog ...

No. 17 Wisconsin plays the Northwestern Wildcats after John Tonje scored 23 points in the Badgers' 76-68 loss to the Maryland Terrapins. The teams square off Saturday for the first ...

No. 14 Maryland hosts the Illinois Fighting Illini after Sarah Te-Biasu scored 20 points in Maryland's 82-73 wi ...

Wisconsin State Patrol arrested the woman during a traffic stop, finding seven children in her vehicle weeks after the false ...

Democrats are poised to elect a new leader in a low-profile Democratic National Committee election that could have big ...

The USC Trojans men’s basketball team is 12-8, 4-5 in Big Ten conference play. Even with it being USC coach Eric Musselman’s first season with the program, this ...

The woman police say intentionally deceived officers into thinking her daughter was abducted was arrested in Wisconsin Thursday night.

Wisconsin basketball (16-5, 6-4 Big Ten) will vie for an important bounce-back win when it visits Northwestern (12-9, 3-7 Big ...

An arrest warrant was issued for a Rock Island mother after police said she falsely reported her daughter missing. She was ...