Money raised for the C-U Kiwanis Tom Jones Challenger League at a concert tonight at 51 Main will go toward scholarships and uniforms. Better yet, organizers would like to buy a plaque and engrave names of players who have passed away.
Larry Wingate, 66, of Champaign, who oversaw the Town and Country Apartments in Urbana for 26 years, died this week at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, a little more than two years after being diagnosed with prostate cancer.
The school board tapped Justin Thorlton as principal at a special meeting, following the surprise departure of Markesha Parker, who resigned the post Monday to go to the Urbana school district.
The Service Together Achieves Results Longest Table initiative will gather residents, elected officials and community stakeholders for a 'civil conversation about their community' while sharing a free meal.
Members will pick up Tuesday where they left off May 29, when city officials gave them three options to fund about $4.1 million to $5.6 million worth of recurring needs, including fire department staffing, public safety and community wellness initiatives, and major infrastructure projects.
In part, the new federal rules don’t allow medical professionals who work at clinics that accept Title X grant money to 'perform, promote, or support' abortion procedures; mandate there be a 'physical and financial separation' between clinics that provide abortion; and promote 'family participating in family-planning decisions,' especially in cases of minors seeking health care.
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This week’s Mailbag features history, roads, the University of Illinois Observatory, county fair rules on backpacks, the restored bandshell at West Side Park, the timing of yellow lights and an update on a murder case.
Illinois' AD on 2019: 'It’s a big season'
In our weekly feature spotlighting area religious leaders, staff writer Tim Mitchell chats with the Rev. SEAN FERRELL, rector of the Chapel of St. John the Divine on the UI campus, about his recent pilgrimage to Europe complete the 550-mile Camino de Santiago de Compostela by foot.
Giorgi Bezhanishvili had a simple message for the elbow-to-elbow crowd packed into the Park Grill Plaza at Millennium Park: There’s no such thing as a bad dancer
Larry Wingate, 66, of Champaign, who oversaw the Town and Country Apartments in Urbana for 26 years, died this week at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, a little more than two years after being diagnosed with prostate cancer.
The school board tapped Justin Thorlton as principal at a special meeting, following the surprise departure of Markesha Parker, who resigned the post Monday to go to the Urbana school district.
It was aimed at addressing blowback from a proposed consent order between the state, DuPage County and Sterigenics, a suburban Willowbrook company that uses cancer-causing ethylene oxide in its process.
In part, the new federal rules don’t allow medical professionals who work at clinics that accept Title X grant money to 'perform, promote, or support' abortion procedures; mandate there be a 'physical and financial separation' between clinics that provide abortion; and promote 'family participating in family-planning decisions,' especially in cases of minors seeking health care.
Today is Friday, July 19, 2019. Here are local news reports from 100, 50 and 15 years ago:
The former Illinois offensive coordinator was funny and frank during day two of the Big Ten's football media kickoff at the Hilton in downtown Chicago on Friday.
Northwestern enters the 2019 season picked to finish fourth in the Big Ten West in the prese…
Arcola's rec soccer club hopes to gain enough momentum to create an IHSA program — even if i…
STARTING MONDAY: The NCAA College Basketball Academy is the latest venture in the world of c…
Larry Wingate, 66, of Champaign, who oversaw the Town and Country Apartments in Urbana for 26 years, died this week at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, a little more than two years after being diagnosed with prostate cancer.
NEW YORK (AP) — American Express posted a 9% gain in second-quarter profits on Friday, helpe…
DENVER (AP) — About 10,000 live-in child care workers from around the world will share in a …
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats approved legislation Thursday to raise the federal minimum…
Can you identify the screenshot of this home from a movie or TV show?
Bands, comedians, trivia, DJs and more. Here’s your guide to a night on the town.
This good, old-fashioned monster flick is the antidote for the roster of familiar, uninspire…
Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday.
I had this dish as a kid, and mostly remember being thrilled at the concept of a baked ice cream dessert.
My Amish home
“I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me, ye can do nothin…
Scott Hendren of St. Joseph, who has run the eight-hour race 26 times, has some strategies for handling the heat that are good plans for anyon…
Those who may question the jury’s decision not to impose the death penalty should still show appreciation for those who gave up more than a mo…
Saturday is the 50th anniversary of one of the greatest scientific achievements ever — the first time that a human being stepped on the surfac…
After a cool and wet start to the summer, the weather is heating up. And it’s coming right on time.
John Paul Stevens, who passed away Tuesday at the age of 99, not only was one of the three longest-serving justices in the history of the U.S.…
