On Tuesday, June 17, 2025, a high-risk arrest operation in Urbana concluded safely after a tense, hours-long standoff involving multiple law enforcement agencies and SWAT teams.
U.S. Representative Nikki Budzinski, who serves Illinois’ 13th Congressional District, confirmed this week that her name appeared in the personal notes of a Minnesota murder suspect accused of targeting Democratic politicians.
The Champaign Police Department is investigating a string of retail thefts from the Meijer store on North Prospect Avenue and is again turning to the public for help through Crime Stoppers.
DANVILLE, IL (Chambana Today) – On Wednesday evening at around 6:30 p.m., members of […]
CHICAGO, IL (Chambana Today) – Federal prosecutors announced Tuesday they plan to retry Illinois […]
On the morning of June 11, officers with the Urbana Police Department arrested a 38-year-old man on preliminary charges related to child exploitation at his residence in the 1900 block of N. Lincoln Avenue.
On Tuesday June 10 at around 7:45 p.m., Danville police officers responded to a hit and run traffic crash in the 1600 block of Edgewood Drive. Officers learned that the victim was four years old.
A fight in Champaign escalated Sunday night when two teenagers were shot, one of them critically. According to Champaign Police, officers were dispatched to Burr Oak Court at 10:19 p.m. following reports of a shooting with injuries.
A 21-year-old man is recovering in the hospital after being shot while driving through an alley near the 1400 block of Clock Street late Saturday night, June 7.
Former Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley (GCMS) eighth-grade teacher and coach, Robert Dinkins, was arrested Thursday in Macon, Georgia on six counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. The charges stem from an ongoing investigation launched earlier this year following allegations of inappropriate conduct with a student.