Rantoul News

County board members gave preliminary approval Tuesday night to a plan aimed at improving jury-duty participation in Champaign County, and at a reduced cost.

A group in Rantoul is offering free rides to war veterans in a World War II bi-plane trainer on Memorial Day and is seeking nominations for the flights.

Three men are being held at the Champaign County Jail following their arrests in connection with a home invasion in Rantoul.

Authorities want help finding Lawrence Lillard. His last known address is 1501 Keesler Drive, Rantoul.

Mitchell Williams' return to public school - eighth grade at J.W. Eater Junior High School - didn't last long.

A Champaign County judge has signed a petition declaring a Chicago man innocent of the 1980 murder of a 3-year-old girl.

Some people had to travel only a few blocks to see Rantoul's village officials sworn into office this week.

There's a new group trying to keep renters and landlords in the know. The police department helped start a Landlord's Association.

Three men who police say forced their way into a Rantoul apartment and fought with people inside were arrested early Friday.

A Rantoul woman who admitted stealing from a resident's room at an assisted living complex has been sentenced to probation and ordered to make restitution.

A man who was convicted of a 1980 Rantoul murder and served 32 years in prison before new DNA evidence led to his release has been granted a certificate of innocence in Champaign County Circuit Court.

Jyshawn Jonte Jackson, 21, was expected to make a court appearance in Urbana on Thursday afternoon to answer charges of attempted murder and aggravated battery with a firearm that were lodged against him two days after the July 13, 2011, incident in the parking lot of the Colonial Liquors Store, 219 S. Maplewood Drive.

Champaign police said they arrested Shaundrell Dewayne Brown, 18, who listed an address in the 1500 block of Honeysuckle Lane, Champaign, for mob action; Jonathan E. Brumfield, 23, who listed an address in the 600 block of East Bradley Avenue, Champaign, for mob action and unlawful possession of a weapon; and Devin Andrew Lindsey, of the 600 block ... (more)

A tumor on his left toe turned into a 14-year odyssey that changed Bob Fulling's life, not to mention the lives of many others.

The public is asked to nominate military veterans to receive free rides in a World War II-era Stearman plane on Memorial Day, May 27.

Facing a Wednesday deadline, Champaign County State's Attorney Julia Rietz announced that her office will not file a legal objection to a petition for innocence filed on behalf of a man convicted of a 1980 murder in Rantoul.

A business caught fire tonight. Arrow EDM is a tool supply company. It's located on the old Chanute Air Force Base.

Rantoul Fire Department investigators are investigating the cause of a Wednesday-evening fire that caused an estimated $1 million damage to a building in Rantoul.

A Rantoul man who admitted he possessed cocaine in that village last summer has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison.

A Fisher man who had been on parole for fatally shooting his friend in 2008 while he was drunk will return to prison after he pleaded guilty in Champaign County Circuit Court to felony aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol in connection with a separate incident.