Staff writer Paul Wood chats with the 19-year-old from Sidney who was recently crowned as 2019 Champaign County Fair Queen.
Staff writer Paul Wood chats with the CEO at SimBioSys Inc. in the University of Illinois Research Park, which is working on technology to allow doctors and scientists to look at cancer to see how cells are interacting.
In this week's edition: A new wildlife group and fishing news.
On our second day in the Bay Area, we hopped on the train with Ellis, our youngest, and rode into to San Francisco. The first stop was the aquarium. As much as we liked to walk along the bay, looking at boats big and small, it was hot, so it was very nice to duck into the air conditioning an…
Nine days from now, it’s Round 2 of the Democrats’ two-night, 20-candidate presidential debates, live from Detroit on CNN. To set the mood, we asked 10 influential leaders — including five former Illini — what question they’d ask the field if they had the microphone.
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In this week's edition: A new wildlife group and fishing news.
Nine days from now, it’s Round 2 of the Democrats’ two-night, 20-candidate presidential debates, live from Detroit on CNN. To set the mood, we asked 10 influential leaders — including five former Illini — what question they’d ask the field if they had the microphone.
INDIANAPOLIS — When Sara Vladic attended her first USS Indianapolis reunion, 117 of the 316 veterans who survived the sinking of the U.S. Navy battleship at the end of World War II were still alive.
URBANA — Already devastated by jurors choosing life over death for their daughter’s killer, Yingying Zhang’s parents now face the prospect of returning to China a second time without her remains.
SIDELL — At 6:30 p.m. on a recent Tuesday, Sidell Village President Terry Bates calls the board’s July meeting to order.
The fourth Campference, an annual street basketball tournament meant to encourage Champaign’s younger set, is expanding across Wright Street this year.
News-Gazette staff writer Ben Zigterman has been covering the disappearance of Yingying Zhang since June 30, 2017 — the day Brendt Christensen was arrested.
Today is Sunday, July 21, 2019. Here are local news reports from 100, 50 and 15 years ago:
Today is Sunday, July 21, the 202nd day of 2019. There are 163 days left in the year.
RANTOUL — A Champaign man who allegedly sexually assaulted his girlfriend after an argument remained in the county jail Saturday in lieu of $100,000 bond.
CHAMPAIGN — A Champaign man was arrested early Saturday for allegedly possessing almost an ounce of crack cocaine.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Today is Saturday, July 20, the 201st day of 2019. There are 164 days left in the year.
Today is Friday, July 19, 2019. Here are local news reports from 100, 50 and 15 years ago:
Alonzo Jarrell, 53, was arrested without incident about 2:10 p.m. in connection with the incident about four hours earlier at the Gramercy Park Apartments.
Here is a list of street closures and road construction in East Central Illinois, provided by public works offices: (If your public works department wants to send one, submit it via email to breaking@news-gazette.com.)
CHICAGO (AP) — The University of Chicago has received a $25 million donation from an unnamed benefactor to support the financial aid program for international students.
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago-area hospital says it regrets sending a bill to the family of a baby boy who died about seven weeks after attackers cut him from his mother's womb.
Allie Trame figures her multi-week European vacation to France and Spain was the first time in “three or four years, probably” that she’s had an extended volleyball separation.
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Staff writer Paul Wood chats with the CEO at SimBioSys Inc. in the University of Illinois Research Park, which is working on technology to allow doctors and scientists to look at cancer to see how cells are interacting.
What's better about the restaurant's new location in the former Radio Maria space on Walnut Street?
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One of the provisions in Illinois’ new law that legalizes recreational marijuana use also permits cities, villages and counties to “opt out” o…
SAN FRANCISCO — A 29-story office building at 123 Mission St. illustrates the policy puzzles that fester because of these facts: For centuries…
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