Centennial High School in Champaign has a new principal after a viral video and sudden resignation
Current Franklin STEAM Academy Principal Sara Sanders was asked by Champaign Unit 4 Superintendent Shelia Boozer to take on the role.
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217 Today: AP is growing faster in Illinois than any other state
May 22, 2023 Today’s headlines: Illinois lawmakers have yet to reach a deal on a state budget and are expected to be back at the statehouse this week. State senators have passed a measure aimed at protecting license plate data of people driving from other states to receive abortion care. A plan to bury the…
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Memorial services Friday remembered police officers killed on duty in Champaign, Champaign County
At the Police and Fire Memorial in Champaign’s West Side Park, a ceremony remembered the three Champaign police officers — Christopher Oberheim, Robert Tatman and Thomas Dodsworth — who were killed on duty over the years.
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217 Today: Graduating Illinois seniors faced a disrupted high school experience from COVID-19
Friday, May 19, 2023 Today’s headlines: Friday was supposed to be the last session day for Illinois lawmakers. But, it’ll take longer to push a state budget over the finish line. Illinois lawmakers passed a measure Thursday that would allow unlimited punitive damages in wrongful death lawsuits. A 27-foot tall replica of the Statue of…
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Student organization aims to diversify music for local campus community
URBANA – Andrea Maldonado is a senior studying music education at the University of Illinois. She plays the violin and was performing Latin American music prior to going to college. While the curriculum is great, Maldonado wanted more, so she decided to start her own ensemble. “And I talked to Danny who I also knew…
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217 Today: University of Illinois music ensemble embraces their Latin American culture
Thursday, May 18, 2023 Today’s headlines: The U.S. Supreme Court says Illinois can – for now – keep in place a new law that bans the sale of certain semi-automatic guns and large-capacity magazines. A working group will present a rough draft of a new statewide literacy plan to the Illinois State Board of Education…
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Undergraduate library at the University of Illinois may receive a new name for its new mission
CHAMPAIGN — The Undergraduate Library at the University of Illinois’s Urbana campus was closed in May of 2022. The unique building, with its two main floors located underground, was dedicated in 1969 as a hub for undergraduate resources and study spaces. But last year, University officials announced the library would be closed and the building…
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OSF Healthcare will reopen the birthing center at its Danville Sacred Heart hospital, and close the one at Urbana Heart of Mary
Pending regulatory approval, OSF Healthcare will reopen the birthing unit at its Danville hospital — while the birthing center at its Urbana hospital will close.
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Supreme Court lets Illinois keep ban on sale of some semiautomatic guns for now
The high court denied an emergency request from people challenging the law, which bans so-called assault weapons. The law’s opponents had asked the court to put the law on hold while a court challenge continues.
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University of Illinois graduate employees celebrate long-delayed contract
CHAMPAIGN—On a rainy Friday evening around 5 p.m., the Ikenberry dining hall at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign was quiet. That was until the sounds of clapping and people cheering filled the second floor. Members of the Graduate Employees’ Organization jumped around and hugged as news broke that they finally had a new contract. In…
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217 Today: UIUC graduate employees secure historic wage increase
Wednesday, May 17, 2023 Today’s headlines: Pending regulatory approval, OSF Healthcare will reopen the birthing center at its Danville hospital — while its facility in Urbana will close. Advocates are urging Illinois lawmakers to expand a public health insurance program for low-income immigrants, before the spring legislative session is scheduled to end this week. The Illinois Supreme…
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Raw milk sales will soon be legal in Iowa, joining most of Midwest. But health experts offer caution
Iowa is the latest state to legalize the sale of raw milk, which comes directly from cows without any pasteurization. While nearly every Midwestern state allows such sales, some health experts caution there are health risks to drinking it. Jennifer Harvey and her family love to drink raw milk. They even use it in the…
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217 Today: U of I professor argues college debt is making jobs and care less accessible
Tuesday, May 16, 2023 Today’s headlines: New York City is about to join seven cities – including Champaign and Urbana – that have banned weight discrimination. A $120 million earmark request for the upcoming federal budget could fund long-awaited upgrades to antiquated locks on the Mississippi and Illinois rivers. Western Illinois University’s sports teams are moving…
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Going once, going twice, gone! Auctions are moving online and changing a rural tradition
Auctions — a marketplace for knick knacks, farm land and everything in between — are often also gathering events for rural communities. That’s changing as more auctions go online. Tractors, four-wheelers, a truck, a skid-loader and more are neatly parked in rows outside a northeast Nebraska farmhouse. The farmer who owns this equipment is retiring…
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First Latina representative in Urbana school district gets sworn in
Born in Mexico, Citlaly Stanton moved to Illinois in 2014. Once here, she got married and is now raising two children.
