
The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) has approved a budget request of nearly $11.4 billion for the upcoming fiscal year, marking a 4.6% increase from the previous year.
Another officer traveled to 610 E. Stoughton Street to find two discarded boxes that were determined to be the other items in Ford’s possession, which were stolen as well. Burns and Ford now remain in the Champaign County Jail as of Thursday morning.

Former Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, Dr. Ngozi Ezike, has been fined $150,000 for violating the state’s anti-corruption law. Ezike, who led Illinois’ health policy during the COVID-19 pandemic, breached the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act’s “revolving door” provision in 2022 by accepting a position as CEO of Sinai Chicago, a hospital in Chicago’s West Side.
The Illinois State Police Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 5 was called in to assist the Arcola Police Department with a shooting investigation.

The Fighting Illini women’s basketball team enjoyed a dominant 68-54 win over the Hoosiers Thursday night on the road.
According to a press release from Parkland College, “This agreement would establish a value on a brownfield property in Douglas County that would attract a company considering the property for a new $750 million corn wet milling and biofermentation manufacturing plant.”

CHAMPAIGN, IL (Chambana Today) – Ok. I’m in. The new College Football Playoff is […]
The breakfast will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at Vineyard Church in Urbana. This event will be hosted by the MLK Countywide Committee and the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Advocacy for Justice Committee.

H Mart, the nation’s largest Asian supermarket chain, opened Thursday morning in downtown Urbana. Kick-off activities included a Lion Dance, giveaways, remarks from the mayor, and a ribbon cutting.

(DANVILLE, IL) – On Tuesday, January 14, around 4:00 p.m., a routine traffic stop […]