A look back at some of the highs and lows of a six-day veto session that brought good news for overworked pharmacists (no more 12-hour shifts) and not-so-good news for rules-breaking politicians (an ethics commission is on the way):
Less than a year out from Election Day, the favorite local presidential candidate — based on campaign donations — remains Democratic Sen. Bernie Sanders.
We asked experts on both sides of the legalization debate to confirm or debunk 10 cannabis claims fans and foes often make about the contentious issue.
In the case of Jade Green and her fractious relationship with her parents, Jack and Angela Howser, '... to say they had a falling out would be an understatement,' writes federal appeals court Justice Amy Coney Barrett.
Among the 1,938 former students and faculty featured at our Gies College of Business-powered website: Two-degree grad Aisha Connor-Gaten and her experience with the Sleep Room in the Illini Union.
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Among the 1,938 former students and faculty featured at our Gies College of Business-powered website: Two-degree grad Aisha Connor-Gaten and her experience with the Sleep Room in the Illini Union.
The University of Illinois is spending $500,000 to develop a business plan and economic impact study for its vaunted Discovery Partners Institute in Chicago.
Kingsley Osei-Asibey, the Illini's director of analytics and football technology, creates dashboards with a software program called Tableau and works with coaches to prepare the team for each week's opponent.
Black Friday and its sibling Cyber Monday barrel toward us like an early-season snowstorm. Every year I urge caution before lining up at the big box store in the middle of the night or by the dawn’s early light. Similarly, be very careful about rapidly clicking on what appears to be a great …
The haze over Illinois’ legalization of marijuana use continues.
Sunday, Nov. 10, was a busy day for me. In the afternoon, I went to hear the recital by pianist Yi-Nuo Wang, winner of the Concert Arts Award Competition, in the Foellinger Great Hall, and in the evening, I attended a program of “Classics of the British Choral Tradition” sung by Baroque Arti…
For nearly three decades, the Giertz Education Center at Krannert Art Museum was a lending library of art resources for classroom teachers across the state. Established in partnership with the Junior League of Champaign-Urbana, the center was named for and supported by Fred and Donna Giertz.
For more than a century, audiences have been fascinated by J.M Barrie’s tales of Peter Pan, the boy who wouldn’t grow up.
For information about services available to older adults, contact Karen Kraemer, director of the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) and Helen Mary Stevick Senior Citizens Center, 15 E. Main St., Champaign, IL 61820, call 217-359-6500.
Holiday cheer to spread? Let Jim Rossow know at 217-351-5231 or via email at jrossow@news-gazette.com.
But if the longtime Illinois House speaker is not a target of investigators — and he may well not be — there's no doubt that an array of his political associates are.
The Rev. Bryan Sampson, 59, who died Tuesday from injuries he sustained in a fall while hanging Christmas lights Sunday, was the kind of guy who would do anything for anyone, friends and family members said.
Michele Reed, 43, entered an Alford plea Friday to aggravated battery in which she admitted that the state had enough evidence to persuade a jury of her guilt but continues to proclaim her innocence. The plea is named after a U.S. Supreme Court decision.
Those trees that wait until spring to drop their leaves have their reasons.
Years before she had a personal stake in the results, Ruth Wyman — future two-term Urbana alderwoman, 2020 circuit judge candidate and relentless, door-to-door-while-on-crutches campaigner — did her part to get out the vote.
This past week, the News-Gazette staff worked incredibly hard to acclimate to a new environment and continue to do outstanding work. Unforeseen problems with a very old phone system exacerbated the transition.
In dismissing the excessive-force lawsuit brought by the sister of Richard 'Richie' Turner, U.S. Magistrate Judge Eric I. Long called the officers' actions 'reasonable' when they held a handcuffed Mr. Turner on the ground after calling an ambulance for him.
The best-selling author and contributor to NPR’s 'This American Life' will perform at 7:30 p.m. that Wednesday at the theater, 203 W. Park Ave., C.
Lamont Davis, was arraigned Friday in Vermilion County Circuit Court on four counts of murder as well as other counts of home invasion, armed robbery and aggravated battery with a firearm.
Elijah Green, 21, pleaded guilty Friday before Judge Nancy Fahey to aggravated robbery.
Salvation Army volunteers started ringing those familiar bells Friday, kicking off the 128-year-old fundraiser that provides nearly a quarter of the organization’s support.
Davarion Epps pleaded guilty Friday to the June 20 residential burglary of the Alpha Xi Delta sorority, 313 E. Chalmers St., C, and the June 29 aggravated battery of a Juvenile Detention Center officer.
URBANA — Former astronaut Scott Altman is one of two University of Illinois graduates honored with this year’s Order of Lincoln, the state’s highest honor for professional achievement and public service.
CHAMPAIGN — The Housing Authority of Champaign County is temporarily freezing eviction actions for the cold-weather months, effective immediately.
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