The News-Gazette is a daily newspaper serving eleven counties in the eastern portion of Central Illinois and specifically the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area.

Beginning in the late 1990s, the paper printed an edition specifically geared towards Champaign and Urbana that was published in the morning.

[citation needed] It has consistently ranked among the top sports sections among small markets in the country.

Loren Tate, a Champaign sports writer and broadcaster, has been covering the Illinois Fighting Illini for the News-Gazette and WDWS since 1965.

The News-Gazette has consistently been an Illinois Press Association award-winning newspaper for editorial and advertising excellence.

The newsroom has been honored with IPA's Mabel S. Shaw Memorial Trophy an unprecedented seven consecutive times under vice president of news Jim Rossow and editor Jeff D'Alessio.

The Journal Star in Peoria, Illinois, would provide all printing and packaging services, and the move would eliminate approximately 35 full- and part-time positions.