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

IPM News November 7, 2025
a child in a car seat and several adults gathered around

Most car seats aren’t installed properly. C-U Public Health aims to help

Illinois Student Newsroom September 18, 2026
Sheriff Dustin Heuerman and Gregory Worrell

Sheriff Dustin Heuerman and Gregory Worrell discuss immigration enforcement, Flock cameras in candidate interviews

Arjun Thakkar September 18, 2026
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Illinois ends nonconference schedule with a win against SIU

Jonathan Mathew

With homelessness on the rise in Champaign County, a group of service providers seeks solutions

Illinois Student Newsroom September 18, 2026
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IPM’s Content Creation Lab returns offering unique opportunity to teen media enthusiasts

Reginald Hardwick September 18, 2026

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

March 13, 2026
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Illinois kicks off the season with a win against UAB

September 4, 2026

The entire stadium was lit by a new, large, bright video scoreboard.

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PHOTOS: Fighting Illini Football beats UAB, debuts largest video scoreboard in college football

September 4, 2026

In an evening game on September 3, 2026, the Fighting Illini football team defeated the University of Alabama Birmingham Blazers.

IPM News Election 2026

IPM’s 2026 Midterm Election candidate interviews

September 3, 2026

One-on-one in-depth conversations with congressional, gubernatorial, senate, and local government candidates from the 21st Show and IPM News ahead of the November mid-terms

WILL Call: What’s Happening in Central Illinois September 3 – 6

September 3, 2026

Listen to Sam Rink and Lyric Roy talk about weekend events on IPM News AM 580 and FM 90.9 – Wednesdays at 6:45 and 8:45

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Heat wave continues in Central Illinois ahead of Labor Day weekend

September 3, 2026

The National Weather Service said conditions are dangerously hot, and that it could feel like 105 degrees.

Millions of older Americans don’t have enough to eat, as food prices rise beyond fixed incomes

September 3, 2026

Inflation in food prices can hit even harder for people in their 60s and older as they also juggle fixed incomes, health problems and changes in federal law.

Gloria Steinem, trailblazing journalist and activist, dies at 92

September 3, 2026

Starting in the 1960s, at a time when women were largely limited to domestic roles, Steinem challenged gender stereotypes and championed feminist ideals like equality, sisterhood and reproductive freedom.

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New Rantoul mural honoring Tuskegee Airmen bridges history and community through art

September 2, 2026

A new mural unveiled this week honors the lives of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first all-Black flying squadron for the U.S. Army Air Corps. The artwork is the newest stop on the Champaign County African American Heritage Trail.

Inspiration Point

Judge orders federal logging project halted in Shawnee National Forest

September 2, 2026

Ruling finds Biden administration’s approval violated Endangered Species Act.

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Champaign County officials say they can’t ban data centers. But residents want tighter restrictions

September 1, 2026

A ban on large data center development could expose the county to a lawsuit from a developer, according to Champaign County officials. A proposed ordinance offers guardrails for new centers, but some feel it’s not strict enough.

Bad weather has kept these Urbana children out of school. A new bus stop shelter is in the works

September 1, 2026

In Ivanhoe Estates, weather is the most common reason children miss school. A partnership between parents there, CU Early, Urbana School District 116 and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign School of Architecture is working on a simple solution – a covered bus stop. 

El mal tiempo ha impedido que estos niños de Urbana vayan a la escuela. Se está planeando una nueva parada de autobús

September 1, 2026

En Ivanhoe Estates, las condiciones meteorológicas son la razón más frecuente por la que los niños faltan a la escuela. Una colaboración está trabajando en una solución sencilla: una parada de autobús cubierta.

NASA’s newest space telescope has launched — and a Champaign-Urbana native helped build it

September 1, 2026

Over the next five years, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is expected to reveal more information on the expansion of the universe, dark matter and distant planets.

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