Still have your eclipse glasses? Don’t throw them away — recycle them at Parkland College
If you still have your eclipse glasses from Monday’s event, don’t throw them away. Local efforts are underway to collect and redistribute eclipse glasses. Parkland College in Champaign has collection boxes set up at the William M. Staerkel Planetarium and inside the Parkland College Learning Commons, according to a post on Facebook. The glasses will be donated to Astronomers […]
Champaign Unit 4 school board unable to vote in new members because of protests by current members
Eight candidates showed up to the Champaign Unit 4 school board meeting Tuesday to interview for two empty seats. Because board members Amy Armstrong and Betsy Holder were absent in protest, there weren’t enough members to hold the meeting.
217 Today: Student journalists at UIUC and Fourah Bay College team up to cover period poverty in Sierra Leone
Wednesday, April 10, 2024 Today’s headlines: The Illinois Secretary of State knows the DMV can be confusing, and he’s trying a new model to fix that. A national consulting firm released the first part of its report about staffing at the Urbana Police Department. Some Champaign-Urbana residents are struggling to afford groceries because grocery prices around […]