Monday, April 1, 2024 Today’s headlines: The Fighting Illini men’s basketball team lost to UConn in Saturday’s NCAA Elite 8 matchup. It is not uncommon for Black women to look to Facebook to find good hairstylists at affordable prices. But people should be aware of scammers who create fake accounts. LGBTQ advocates are celebrating a new…
Breakwater structures at Illinois Beach State Park aim to mitigate erosion.
Marcus Domask scored 17 points for third-seeded Illinois.
Editor’s note: In 2025, we removed the lead photo from the article upon a request from Sequita Daniels. It’s not unusual for hairstylists to ask for a deposit before doing a client’s hair, so Youngest Keaton thought nothing of it when she was asked for one to secure her spot with a stylist. She sent…
A dance professor is leading a new campus-wide initiative to amplify arts at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and in the surrounding community. Cynthia Oliver joined the Dance at Illinois faculty in 2000. Five years ago, she became the Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation in the humanities, arts and related fields….
Friday, March 29, 2024 Today’s headlines: Religious leaders gathered the community yesterday to pray and grieve for the victims in Wednesday’s stabbing spree in Rockford that left four dead. Reproductive and digital rights groups are calling on Walgreens and CVS to protect patients’ health data. The conversation around giving struggling families cash, with no strings attached…
CHAMPAIGN — Two school board members walked out of Monday’s Champaign Unit 4 Board of Education meeting, preventing the others from taking any action. This follows the resignation of two other board members, including Jamar Brown, earlier in March. “After my first term, I dubbed that experience as the best thing that I never wanted…
Illinois reached a regional final for the fourth time in the past 40 years and will meet defending champion UConn on Saturday for a trip to the Final Four.
Headlines across Central Illinois on March 29, 2024.
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Christian Soto is also charged with seven counts of attempted murder and home invasion with a dangerous weapon following the attacks in Rockford on Wednesday. Seven people were injured.
The Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Illinois is hosting a screening of the 1999 documentary “Fly Girls”12. This film tells the story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), a group of over a thousand women who made significant contributions during World War II. These women who were the first to fly…
Three people died at multiple crime scenes and a fourth died at a hospital. Seven were wounded with at least one in critical condition.
Thursday, March 28, 2024 Today’s headlines: Police say four people are dead and seven others wounded after a man went on a stabbing rampage in Rockford. A firm specializing in hemp and cannabis forecasting is predicting big things for Illinois. As the U.S. Supreme Court determines whether they should limit access to a widely used abortion medication…
Firm predicts higher hemp and cannabis sales in Illinois this year Oregon-based Whitney Economics says Illinois will generate about 2.2 billion dollars in cannabis sales this year, an increase of more than $200 million over last year. Whitney predicts sales will increase steadily through 2030 before hitting a plateau and leveling off around 3.4 billion…