It’s National Marching Band Day, and the Marching Illini are hoping the community and University of Illinois grads will help them “March Forth” and raise more money than last year. The March Forth ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — The Marching Illini is celebrating the birthday of a former band member who played well before their time. Richard “Dick” Cogdal turned 107-years-old yesterday.

The University of Illinois is making a fifth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance — the longest stretch for the Illini since making it eight years in a row at the turn of the millennium.

And they were surrounded by fellow Illinois fans while they grabbed a bite to eat at nearby Loughmiller’s before Illinois — ...