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No. 14 Illinois beats No. 13 Tennessee 75-62 in Music City Madness

Associated Press December 6, 2025
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3I/ATLAS is not alien spacecraft. But here’s how scientists actually look for aliens

Illinois Student Newsroom December 5, 2025
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Winter Weather Advisory for Champaign County now-Sunday 6am: winter mix possible

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Holiday cards to those in prison will be digitized this year. A local group points out the importance of physical copies

Emily Hays December 5, 2025

Hardy’s Reindeer Ranch celebrates 30 years and represents Illinois on Good Morning America

Kimberly Schofield December 5, 2025

217 Today: Hardy’s Reindeer Ranch celebrates 30 years and represents Illinois on Good Morning America

December 5, 2025
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Rep. Sorensen calls for Defense Secretary Hegseth to resign after Pentagon watchdog report

December 4, 2025

A summary of the inspector general’s report provided to NPR finds that had a foreign adversary intercepted the intelligence discussed in the chat, it would have endangered both U.S. servicemembers and the mission at large.

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Massey Commission releases its final report

December 4, 2025

The report summarizes the Commission’s public hearings, listening sessions, and research.

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Transgender people are looking for safer places to live. Some have found a home in central Illinois

December 4, 2025

Amid increasingly hostile laws and rhetoric targeting transgender people in the United States, many of them seek to move to places they feel safer. Aaron Slayton is one of many who have made a new home in central Illinois.

Illinois unveils plans to celebrate 250 years of American independence

December 4, 2025

The programs will seek to highlight local histories and celebrate Illinois’s achievements.

Champaign City Council rejects public encampment ban

December 4, 2025

The measure would’ve prohibited people from camping on public and city property while requiring city staff to make an effort to connect people with social services.

Freezing temperatures continue until end of the week

December 3, 2025

Meteorologists said wind chills will range from zero to as low as 15 degrees below zero on Wednesday and Thursday nights.

Unit 4 parents, students looking for ‘strong communicator’ in next superintendent

December 3, 2025

Those who want to be Champaign Unit 4’s next superintendent can apply now. The job description is based on the input parents, teachers and students.

Sean Grayson’s attorneys seek new trial after murder conviction

December 3, 2025

Defense says judge should have barred video of minutes following Sonya Massey’s shooting.

Pritzker signs bill allowing Illinois to issue state-specific vaccine guidelines

December 3, 2025

The new law will allow the state to publish guidelines that differ from the CDC.

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WILL CALL: What’s Happening in Central Illinois Dec. 4 – Dec. 7

December 3, 2025

The Nutcracker ballet, a holiday parade, community dances, and more are all happening in Central Illinois this week.

Nonpartisan think tank identifies Illinois’ most effective state legislators

December 2, 2025

Because of their legislative supermajorities, Democrats in the Illinois House and Senate ranked the highest on the researchers’ list of legislators’ deemed to be the most effective.

Illinois prison artist wowed that her artwork reached Pope Leo XIV

December 2, 2025

When Gov. JB Pritzker and First Lady MK Pritzker visited the pope in Rome on Nov. 19, they gave the pontiff a gift: a hand-drawn self-portrait by Yesenia Diaz, who’s incarcerated downstate.

A native prairie bird lost federal protection. People are still trying to save it on private land

December 2, 2025

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimates millions of lesser prairie chickens may have once scurried across a range of almost 100 million acres across the Great Plains. Today, scientists estimate there are only about 27,000 left in five states – Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico and Colorado.

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