“Three men, at least two of whom had guns, demanded their stuff. They grabbed the brother, pulled him out of the car and hit him on the head with a gun,” State's Attorney Julia Rietz said.
Davis received a cut to his cheek that required stitches and left him scarred, dislocated his right shoulder, tearing ligaments and muscles, and got a “deep bone bruise” to his left knee that he was unable to put weight on for three weeks.
Wednesday, the day that the Arcola and Danville districts are scheduled to return to in-person learning, is when Villa Grove will shift to remote ... Unit 4 cases involve five students and three staffers and lead to 17 in quarantine.
'The number of students on campus may affect their ability to surpass their turnout in 2016 and 2018, but there's a pretty consistent flow of students at the Illini Union and the ARC'
Putting aside the politics of the response, how has Illinois been faring compared to other states? Two UI professors take a deep dive into the data to find out.
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Putting aside the politics of the response, how has Illinois been faring compared to other states? Two UI professors take a deep dive into the data to find out.
A daily question for the Champaign-Urbana Pubic Health District's Julie Pryde
URBANA — The University of Illinois System is seeking 8.3 percent more funding from the state for fiscal 2022 and would like to put about half of that toward hiring and keeping more faculty.
Should Champaign County restaurants or bars open for indoor service, “we’ll be sending our compliance people out there,” says C-U public health district Administrator Julie Pryde.
To set the stage for how tonight could play out — in three scenarios — we asked back UI political science Professor Brian Gaines
Today is Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. Here are local news reports from 100, 50 and 15 years ago:
It’s the second time The News-Gazette has been honored by American Legion Post 24 for proper display of the flag.
Preliminary investigation finds that the 24-year-old man was shot late Monday afternoon in the 1100 block of Champaign's North Sixth Street. No arrests have been made.
Ward 5 alderman Dennis Roberts also announced that he won’t be running for re-election to Urbana's city council in the spring.
This week's panel: William Cohen, Newt Gingrich, Ann Ravel, Roger Simon, Patti Solis Doyle, Trevor Potter, Alex Castellanos, S.E. Cupp, Bill Kristol, Austan Goolsbee, John Danforth and Brian Kilmeade.
It was a surreal scene: Few fans, missing players, piped-in music.
Today is Monday, Nov. 2, 2020. Here are local news reports from 100, 50 and 15 years ago:
Effective 12:01 a.m. Monday: No indoor dining in area restaurants ... Rantoul joins Unity, GCMS high schools in all-remote learning this week ... Scheduled to move from remote back to in-person this week: Monticello High, Danville and Arcola districts ... Region 6: 10 counties' seven-day positivity rates rise, 10 fall, one (Piatt) remains unchanged ... State: 11th and final region (West Central Illinois) to begin advanced mitigations Wednesday.
CHAMPAIGN — Quinn Fisher’s first experience at a polling place was in 2008, when Barack Obama won the presidency.
The district is seeking a hike of 1.6 cents per $100 of assessed valuation, which would raise the property taxes of a home valued at $100,000 by $5.33 a year.
After the pandemic,
"Everyone makes mistakes or has a bad day from time to time but when we assume positive intent, we start with the view that others mean well and gave their best, rather than jumping to conclusions."
After a flurry of judicial juggling in Champaign County in the last few years due to retirements, the men and women wearing the robes appear to want to keep them on for a while.
Given all the new twists to this year’s election, how likely is it the probable winners in local races will emerge on election night?
I always like to describe Krannert Art Museum as lab, sanctuary and civic center in equal measure.
The oxymoron of the week appeared on page 8 in last Sunday’s Target advertising circular, extolling 15 percent off Just Wireless cables.
A couple of weeks ago, we discussed “court packing” of the U.S. Supreme Court as a method to offset a current judicial ideological makeup of the court.
Listed are permits for all new single-family and multifamily residences as well as commercial and industrial work and residential remodeling costing over $25,000 Permits are listed by applicant, description, site and cost.
For information about services available to older adults, contact Karen Kraemer, director of the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) and Helen Mary Stevick Senior Citizens Center, 2102 Windsor Place, Champaign, IL 61820, 217-359-6500.
Today is Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020. Here are local news reports from 100, 50 and 15 years ago:
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