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Patricia Hruby Powell/review | Living life amid loss in 'The Weight of One Pomegranate"
18+ hour, 1+ min ago (274+ words) Seventeen-year-old Isadora, or Ia, has just lost her older sister, Eleni, to a pulmonary embolism in “The Weight of One Pomegranate,” by Brynne Rebele-Henry (Soho Teen 2026). Ia’s parents are too devastated to help their remaining child through her grief, so…...
Can't Wait For Saturday | Witherpoon gets what he deserves: Lifetime financial security for him and his family
16+ hour, 51+ min ago (269+ words) Former Illinois standout Devon Witherspoon had a monster game against New England in the 2026 Super Bowl, helping Seattle to a 29-13 victory. Another reward came Saturday, a monster contract extension. The nearly perfect start to his NFL career continued this weekend…...
Good Morning, Illini Nation: Night at the movies
17+ hour, 51+ min ago (483+ words) Attendees on Saturday night at Illinois’ annual Busey Bank Family Movie Night got to see the largest videoboard in college football first-hand as the Illini showed ‘Air Bud’ at Gies Memorial Stadium in Champaign. The screening of the 1997 sports-comedy classic…...
Voices/Tom O'Rourke | No one statistic tells the whole story
18+ hour, 11+ min ago (494+ words) The baseball season is in full swing. As a sports fan, baseball, a sport obsessed with statistics, is ground zero for a data-analysis person. Often regarded as America’s pastime, baseball has the longest history of player data dating back to…...
It's Your Business | Indian-street-food chain coming to former Hot Wok building
19+ hour, 36+ min ago (730+ words) The former Hot Wok Express on West University Avenue in Urbana is set to become a franchise for Eggholic, a chain that specializes in authentic Indian street food. The MTD’s new 17 Cherry weekday route includes direct service to Carle Champaign…...
UPDATE: 'Major flooding' in Thomasboro; I-74 in Vermilion County re-opened
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (459+ words) Gaines Parsons paddles through residential Gibson City on Saturday morning. Standing water on Pearl Street in Thomasboro, via longtime resident Amanda Propeck who shared: '11 years I’ve lived here and it’s never ever come this far up Pearl. The other end…...
Notes: Pair of 'pro guys' anchor Illinois secondary
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (857+ words) Illinois defensive back Matthew Bailey (7) during practice at Gies Memorial Stadium on Monday morning. CHAMPAIGN — Ronnie Bradford spent the 2025 season with the Miami Dolphins. It was a return to the NFL for Illinois' new secondary coach after following up his…...
Who lives here? Aug. 15, 2026
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (112+ words) The News-Gazette Universal Pictures Each week, The News-Gazette will show a screenshot of a home from a movie or TV show and ask readers, âWho lives here?â Send your guesses to [email protected], and weâll give a winner…...
Beyond the Boardroom: Bunny's Tavern's Frank Fonte
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (611+ words) Neil Moore and Mike Shirey "taught me everything that I should be doing, as well as things I shouldn’t. They both threw in quite a few life lessons along the way." "No meeting should last more than 60 minutes," Frank Fonte…...
Big 10 | As heard on 'News-Gazette Radio"
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (1668+ words) After a little over a year in office, Mayor DeShawn Williams… Frank Fonte's all-time favorite moment on the job? "Supplyin… We’re up to 502 special guests who’ve appeared on the GTPS Insurance-powered ‘News-Gazette Radio’ through the show’s first 32 weeks. Here’s just…...