WILL Call: What’s Happening in Champaign-Urbana May. 02 – May. 05
Listen to Kimberly Schofield and Adelyn Mui talk about weekend events on IPM News AM 580 and FM 90.9 – Wednesdays at 6:45 and 8:45 a.m., and Thursdays at 5:44 p.m. Urbana High School Presents: Kala: A Musical Faerie Tale Date & Time: Thursday, May 2nd through Saturday, May 4th at 7:00 […]
Pro-Palestine groups camp out overnight, dispute UIUC officials’ account of protest negotiations
UPDATED at 11:30 a.m on Monday, April 29. Pro-Palestinian demonstrators camped out overnight on campus at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. They want the campus to divest from companies with ties to Israel’s military. The move has led to the cancellation of a meeting that had been planned with UIUC administrators Monday. The new […]
Central Illinois Headlines – April 29, 2024
Wet workweek ahead The National Weather Service in Central Illinois is forecasting storms on Sunday night and Monday. Meteorologists expect more active weather later in the week. Illini football players selected in the NFL Draft CHAMPAIGN – Former Illinois football players Johnny Newton, Isaiah Adams, Tip Reiman, and Casey Washington were selected in the 2024 […]
Protest for Palestine at UIUC leads to two arrests; negotiations reach peaceful resolution
UPDATED at 1 p.m. on Sunday, April 28. A long day of protests at the Alma Mater in Urbana ended late Friday night, after pro-Palestinian students and officials at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign reached a peaceful resolution. Earlier in the day, U of I police arrested two people protesting in support of […]
WILL Call: What’s Happening in Champaign-Urbana Apr. 25 – Apr. 28
Listen to Kimberly Schofield and Adelyn Mui talk about weekend events on IPM News AM 580 and FM 90.9 – Wednesdays at 6:45 and 8:45 a.m., and Thursdays at 5:44 p.m. Christie Clinic Illinois Marathon Race Weekend […]
Central Illinois Headlines – April 26, 2024
Annual Christie Clinic Illinois Race Weekend underway More than 200 people took part in the Green Street Mile last night, the first race of the Christie Clinic Illinois Race Weekend. Easton Rosen was the top male finisher with a time of 4:25. The top female elite finisher was Laura Krasa with a time of 5:03. […]
Central Illinois Headlines – April 25, 2024
Urbana police looking for a missing young refugee URBANA – Urbana Police are looking for a missing teenage refugee from Ecuador. officers say 14-year-old Tiago Zumarraga-Mosquera left home on Sunday morning to run an errand. He never returned home. Tiago is 6 feet tall, 160 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. He was last […]
Central Illinois Headlines – April 22, 2024
Illinois is now home to a federally-recognized tribal nation DEKALB – Illinois is, once again, home to a federally recognized tribal nation. 175 years ago, Potawatomi Chief Shab-eh-nay left his home in DeKalb County to visit family in Kansas. He returned home to find the U.S. government had illegally sold 1,280 acres of his northern […]
WILL Call: What’s Happening in Champaign-Urbana Apr. 18 – Apr. 23
Listen to Kimberly Schofield and Adelyn Mui talk about weekend events on IPM News AM 580 and FM 90.9 – Wednesdays at 6:45 and 8:45 a.m., and Thursdays at 5:44 p.m. Ebertfest at Virginia Theatre Date & Time: Thursday, April 18th – Saturday, April 20th Location: Virginia Theatre, downtown […]
Storms weakening after causing damage in Central Illinois on Thursday night
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued for some Central Illinois counties.
Central Illinois Headlines – April 18, 2024
Budzinski files measure to stop post office consolidation in Central Illinois URBANA – Rep. Nikki Budzinski (D-IL13) said she’s introducing legislation to stop the U.S. Postal Service from moving processing and distribution out of post offices in Champaign and Springfield. The Postal Service is considering moving regional mail-sorting operations out of those post offices and […]
Central Illinois Headlines – April 17, 2024
University of Illinois police investigate sexual assault URBANA – The University of Illinois police department reports it is investigating a sexual assault and an attempted assault. In a campus safety alert, the department said a person was sexually assaulted in the early morning hours Tuesday at an on-campus apartment. In a separate safety alert, UIPD says there […]
Central Illinois Headlines – April 16, 2024
Urbana Schools to vote on which elementary school will become fully multilingual URBANA – Urbana School District 116 is set to vote Tuesday on which elementary school will become fully dual language. After two years of debate, Urbana administrators and dual language teachers won approval in January to combine their bilingual programs under one […]
Central Illinois Headlines – April 15, 2024
Service honors William Patterson URBANA – A memorial service for STEM educator William Patterson had sorrowful moments, but also dancing, laughing and singing. Hundreds attended the ‘celebration of life’ at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday. The 58-year-old passed away earlier this month. Patterson grew up in Urbana, earned a Ph-D and brought STEM […]
WILL Call: What’s Happening in Champaign-Urbana Apr. 11 – Apr. 14
Listen to Kimberly Schofield and Steve Morck talk about weekend events on IPM News AM 580 and FM 90.9 – Wednesdays at 6:45 and 8:45 a.m., and Thursdays at 5:44 p.m. CLYDE’S at Heartland Theatre Company Date & Time: Thursday, April 11th, 7:30 p.m. Friday, April […]
