The Beat returns to downtown Champaign
The Beat kicks off this Saturday at 8pm in downtown Champaign.
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Airport director says CIRA is strong, stable amid uncertainty elsewhere
Technical troubles at major airports can have trickle down effects in smaller facilities like the Central Illinois Regional Airport in Bloomington.
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Danville National Cemetery provides a space for veterans and their loved ones to reflect on Memorial Day
Located in the lush heart of Vermilion County, Danville National Cemetery held one of over 130 Memorial Day ceremonies organized by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on Monday, May 26.
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Danville says goodbye to Bresee Tower
With the demolition of Bresee Tower, the city is losing a symbol of its past prosperity, while gaining a site that could be a part of its future growth.
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Making a comeback: The Fray’s guitarist discusses band’s music and current tour
The Fray is performing at the Devon Lakeshore Amphitheater this weekend as part of its 2025 tour.
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Champaign’s police review board aims to improve policing, but some fear it lacks power to make change
The Citizen Review Subcommittee was created after years of issues involving police misconduct. It’s supposed to improve community-police relations and ensure fair policing practices, but some worry its structure makes it impossible to achieve its goals.
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Undermined from the start? A look at the early challenges faced by Champaign’s police civilian review board
The issues with Champaign’s Civilian Review Subcommittee can be traced to obstacles created by officials during the decades-long push for civilian oversight of police in Champaign.
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Four children still hospitalized while Chatham mourns four who died in crash
As a central Illinois community mourns the deaths of three children and a teen counselor killed Monday when a vehicle crashed into the building that housed their after-school program, it has rallied around survivors.
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2025 Market at the Square in Urbana to feature 150 vendors
Urbana’s Market at the Square’s 2025 season will get underway Saturday.
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Chatham Strong: A community deals with tragedy
Chatham residents experience grief and shock in the aftermath of an accident that killed four young people after a driver slammed into an after school childcare center.
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Driver of deadly crash at after-school camp is a former State Police employee
Four children were killed and six injured, with one in critical condition.
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Four students dead after vehicle strikes a Chatham child care facility
Police say four people were killed Monday afternoon when a vehicle drove into the YNOT After School Camp, located at 301 Breckenridge Road in Chatham.
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Playing the Changes: How jazz music helped unite a South African university
Darius and Catherine Brubeck visit CU this week to discuss their work creating a jazz program in apartheid-era South Africa.
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Virginia Theatre raises its curtain after three months of going dark
Renovations have been completed at the Virginia Theatre, which is officially reopening for Ebertfest on April 23rd.
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U of I student arrested for vandalizing university building, police searching for two others involved
A University of Illinois student was arrested Tuesday for allegedly vandalizing Foellinger Auditorium.
