DANVILLE — Marcus Forrest originally thought it was asthma. He was short of breath.
ARCOLA — One of Arcola’s free spirits who did a great deal to preserve the community’s history will be remembered in a ceremony today.
Moore refused commands to let go and as officers were hanging on to him, one of them felt a gun coming out of his pocket. The gun was a loaded .40-caliber Glock that had been reported stolen.
"Let’s stop the shaming and the name-calling and allow everyone the right to their own political views without fear of retribution," Champaign's Peggy Prichard writes in a guest column. "Let’s listen to each other without judgment. That is not just my hope as a proud Republican woman. That is my hope as a proud American."
A man in his 90s was the 47th person to die of COVID-19 in Champaign County, health authorities said.
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CHAMPAIGN — In her bid for a second term, Urbana Mayor Diane Wolfe Marlin will be up against a city alderman and a former basketball star.
Plans are underway to distribute the first COVID-19 vaccine doses to health care workers in Champaign County next month.
Today is Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. Here are local news reports from 100, 50 and 15 years ago:
Since we don’t publish a print edition on Thanksgiving, more than a pound of Black Friday advertisements (three insert packages) will be included in Wednesday’s News-Gazette.
In her bid for a second term, Diane Marlin's competition will include a city alderman (Dennis Roberts) and a former star basketball player (Verdell Jones III).
“The garage was completely involved, and it was extending into the house” when firefighters arrived, Mike Dilley, Sidney Fire public information officer, said.
Pritzker: 'Unless the Republican Senate gets a stimulus bill moving in December, Republicans will be putting a big lump of coal in the Christmas stockings of a whole lot of American families.' ... Ford County reports 69 new cases between Nov. 19-23. ... For third straight day, Region 6's seven-day rate decreased — from 14.0 to 13.7 percent.
Dr. Ngozi Ezike said the hospital workers set to receive the vaccine in the first rounds include staff who are not health care professionals, such as the cleaning and food staff: “A lot of those people in those jobs are our Black and Brown communities and so we are going to make sure that they are included in that first phase 1a."
“Thanksgiving hasn't happened yet. People can still change their plans and change the outcome. ... Please reconsider your plans and see if we can be part of the solution to decrease infections instead of part of the plan to increase them.”
There’s a new pizza business at Champaign’s Village at the Crossing — Legacy Pizzeria at 2501 Village Green Place, C.
Today is Monday, Nov. 23, 2020. Here are local news reports from 100, 50 and 15 years ago:
Douglas County: Man in 80s becomes 15th to lose life to COVID-19. ... Champaign County: All but 3 of 27 ZIP codes (Broadlands, Longview, Sadorus) see rise in daily case counts. ... Region 6: 7-day positivity rate drops for second straight day, from 14.5% to 14.0%. ... Vermilion County: 54 new cases; 27 COVID-positive county residents hospitalized. ... Sunday state report: 92,437 tests, 10,012 cases, 76 fatalities, 11.3% seven-day rate.
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Last week’s federal indictment linking, among others, Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s best buddy, Michael McClain, to the longstanding Commonwealth Edison bribery scheme set tongues wagging all over the state about Madigan’s political and legal future.
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Gerrytonae Brown's family and the community have been hit hard after Champaign's latest senseless killing.
Why are they replacing all the utility poles on Dunlap and Church? And what are those round wheels they are putting up near the top?
“The people I support in the arts are deeply struggling. They miss both the intrinsic rewards of creating for audiences and the vanishing infrastructures of support for what they do."
'Any business in the entertainment or service industry is just in a world of hurt right now.'
The Champaign County Museum Network is an organization of 11 museums, archives and nature centers working together for the benefit of all.
COVID-19, COVID-19, everywhere, nor any lawsuit won.
Q: Were antigen test results only added recently? If so, how did they affect the totals? Also, what is meant by new and probable cases in the Illinois Department of Public Health’s numbers? Specifically, what is probable and when did that data start being included?
Today is Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020. Here are local news reports from 100, 50 and 15 years ago:
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, 2102 Windsor Place, Champaign, IL 61820, 217-359-6500.
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