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Where to find food assistance in Central Illinois as SNAP funding remains in jeopardy

IPM News November 7, 2025
vote here sign

Here’s how Illinois election authorities guard against noncitizen voting

Capitol News Illinois July 23, 2026

Jessica Dixon Heitman appointed to ex-Rep. Harry Benton’s seat

Capitol News Illinois July 23, 2026
A man wearing a brown baseball hat, a plaid shirt and jeans holds a leaf while looking at a field of crops.

Farmers are struggling to turn a profit. How does it compare to the farm crisis in the ’80s?

Harvest Public Media
Back to school fair

Community event offers free back-to-school essentials for C-U youth

Fernanda Romero July 23, 2026

Five tips for applying to jobs, according to Champaign high schoolers in Unit 4’s Youth Employment Services program

Emily Hays July 23, 2026

217 Today: Four Democrats battle in March primary to succeed Susana Mendoza as Illinois comptroller

March 13, 2026
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Angela Bradley standing in front of land where grocery store will be built.

Urbana community grocery store location finalized on Lincoln Avenue

July 17, 2026

HeartStrong Grocery CEO Angela Bradley has signed a lease with Urbana to build the grocery store at the intersection of Bradley and Lincoln avenues.

Outside of Far East Grocery Store

A new heritage trail aims to honor Champaign-Urbana’s Asian community

July 17, 2026

In Champaign County, 12.5% of the population identifies as Asian.

Top Veterans Affairs official says ‘latest technology’ in health care records coming to Danville

July 17, 2026

Deputy Secretary Paul R. Lawrence said the Federal Electronic Health Record system will go live in Danville next March. 

Donald Trump

WATCH: Trump delivers primetime address on election system

July 16, 2026

No credible intelligence has emerged showing that the vote count in 2020 was manipulated by foreign actors. Trump did not raise doubts about his election wins in 2016 or 2024.

State Rep. Carol Ammons reads out of a notebook in front of a brick building. Her lawyer, Mataqee Akbar, stands to her right, and her husband, Champaign County Clerk Aaron Ammons, stands to her right. They are surrounded by other supporters.

State Rep. Carol Ammons, Champaign County Clerk Aaron Ammons plead not guilty to federal charges

July 16, 2026

State Rep. Carol Ammons and her husband, Champaign County Clerk Aaron Ammons, are facing counts of wire fraud and obstruction of justice.

first responders

Champaign first responders complete joint school shooting response training

July 15, 2026

Police and firefighters trained on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at St. Thomas More High School in Northwest Champaign.

WILL Call: What’s Happening in Central Illinois July 16 – July 19

July 15, 2026

Take your family to a farm play date, solve a disco murder mystery hear a country music star and more in Central Illinois this weekend.

Public speaker at Urbana City Council with housing advocacy shirt

Urbana City Council signs off on housing development on West Main Street

July 14, 2026

The council voted 4-1 to allow the 32-unit apartment building to be built along Boneyard Creek following significant debate among residents.

Marianne May poses at one of Frank May’s silos in Johnsburg, Illinois, on April 25, 2026. This one is particularly special to Marianne; her grandfather constructed it as an adult on the homestead he grew up on. Across the street, a matching silo stands besides Marianne May’s grandmother’s childhood home. Her grandparents were neighbors as kids.

Silos are disappearing from the farm landscape. One woman wants to track them down before they do

July 14, 2026

For 150 years, silos have been a fixture of the Corn Belt, but efforts to preserve them have been haphazard.

A Whole Foods Rotisserie Chicken

Hot rotisserie chicken soon could be among the foods eligible under federal food benefits

July 13, 2026

Congressional lawmakers are looking to add rotisserie chicken to the list of foods people can purchase with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. Currently, the program excludes hot and pre-prepared foods.

An EF2 tornado forms in Charleston, Illinois.

Tornadoes are breaking records in new Midwest states this year as Tornado Alley moves east

July 13, 2026

The majority of tornadoes this year have blasted through states in the Midwest and Southeast, including Illinois, Missouri, Indiana and Iowa. Tornado activity has been increasing east of the Great Plains in recent decades.

An older black man wearing glasses and priest's attire sits in an office chair in front of a golden crucifix.

America @ 250: Father Johndamaseni Zilimu asks how we become peacemakers

July 13, 2026

Father Johndamaseni Zilimu is pastor of St. Matthew Parish in Champaign. Father John was born in Tanzania and moved to the U.S. in 2000. He received his doctorate in mathematics education from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2014.

Lindsey Graham, Mitchell McConnell

Sen. Lindsey Graham dies after brief illness; Sen. Mitch McConnell speaks publicly after weeks of mystery about his health

July 12, 2026

Sen. Lindsey Graham likely died after aorta rupture, medical examiner says.

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