Champaign County government employees are prepared to walk off the job on Wednesday if ongoing contract negotiations fail to produce a deal, according to union officials.
The Champaign Fire Department responded to a fire outside a single-family home in the 600 block of North James Street on Monday, July 7, at approximately 4:25 p.m. Fire crews arrived swiftly and were able to bring the fire under control before it spread into the residence.
Authorities and advocacy groups are raising concerns following a rise in sexual assaults linked to first-time meetups through dating apps in the Champaign area.
The Champaign County Community Coalition will host its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Conference Center, located at 101 Trade Center Drive, Champaign.
Scientists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have developed a groundbreaking drone-based system capable of detecting subtle soybean canopy damage caused by dicamba herbicide drift — even at one ten-thousandth of the legal label rate — just eight days after exposure.
Illinois Football Head Coach Bret Bielema has been named to the Dodd Trophy Preseason Watch List, the Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Foundation and Peach Bowl, Inc. announced Monday. The list features 26 of the top coaches in college football, including five from the Big Ten Conference.
A second lawsuit has been filed in Ford County Circuit Court alleging the repeated inappropriate touching of students by longtime Paxton-Buckley-Loda teacher and former coach Rob Pacey — and the neglect of administrators to properly address students’ claims of abuse.
The Champaign community is mourning the loss of a second teen following a tragic shooting that occurred in the early hours of June 29 on Holly Hill Drive.
In an effort to reduce traffic accidents and save lives, the Champaign County Sheriff’s Office has launched a month-long traffic enforcement campaign targeting speeding and reckless driving. The initiative, part of the statewide “Speeding Catches Up with You” campaign, will run from July 8 through July 31.
Hundreds of members of the Chatham community and the surrounding area turned out Sunday for what was billed as the “Chatham Strong Fest.”
