CHAMPAIGN (WCIA) -- Illinois football coach Bret Bielema's new contract extension announced last month is now public, with multiple details outlining several bonuses. As reported previously, Bielema is set to receive a seven-figure bump in pay for this year, with his total compensation at $6 million for 2023. Annual $150,000 raises will follow in the two-year extension to his original six-year deal signed in 2020, making him the Illini coach through the 2028 season.

Highlights and scores from Full Court Friday on January 27th including video wins from Salt Fork, Westville, Mt. Zion, Prairie Central, St. Joseph-Ogden, Rantoul, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley, Lanphier, and the Sacred Heart-Griffin girls.

Highlights and scores from Full Court Friday on January 27th including video wins from Salt Fork, Westville, Mt. Zion, Prairie Central, St. Joseph-Ogden, Rantoul, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley, Lanphier, and the Sacred Heart-Griffin girls.

Highlights and scores from Full Court Friday on January 27th including video wins from Salt Fork, Westville, Mt. Zion, Prairie Central, St. Joseph-Ogden, Rantoul, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley, Lanphier, and the Sacred Heart-Griffin girls.

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The main event at State Farm Center on Thursday was between Illinois and Purdue's women's basketball teams. But the halftime entertainment was between two other basketball teams made up of a special kind of athlete: Special Olympians.

One person was hurt Thursday night when an apartment building in Mattoon caught fire.

Navigator withdraws application for multi-state CO2 pipeline

A former University of Illinois employee has been arrested after she was accused of theft by using a university-owned credit card for personal use.

Days after a dead dog was discovered in a roadside ditch near Forsyth, PETA is offering a $5,000 reward for information that can help determine who owns the dog and who abandoned it.

Preliminary data shows that Illinois added 160,000 jobs in 2022 while the unemployment rate statewide remained the same as it was when 2021 ended.

The Champaign Urbana Public Health District is reminding people of its Breast Milk Dispensary and Depot.