Urbana News

Bicycle riders and drivers cross paths every day. Sometimes that puts patience to the test.

URBANA - The Urbana public works department reports one lane of traffic on North Coler Avenue between Sunset Drive and Fairview Avenue will be closed from Wednesday until Monday  at 5 p.m. for an emergency sanitary sewer repair by the Urbana-Champaign Sanitary District.

CHAMPAIGN – Plans by the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District for service this fall will be discussed at a public hearing in Champaign.

URBANA – Leal Elementary School students filled a time capsule and buried it 28 years ago.

Al Reynolds of Danville is a regular guy concerned about taxes. That's why he's organized the East Central Illinois TEA Party, which will have its first events this weekend.

The art world loves a radical, especially one who talks a good game. And Dan Graham - the curmudgeonly, avuncular post-Minimalist and early video adapter - definitely talks and writes a good game.

A 37-year-old man was arrested at the 1300 block of Honeysuckle Lane, Sunday night.

A man who shot a downstate woman and dumped her body on the side of Interstate 57 near Peotone has been sentenced to 85 years in prison.

Chicago, IL. - A former admissions official at the University of Illinois testified Monday that the school should discontinue use of a special system for admitting politically connected students, saying there were students the office "wanted to deny, who we were told to admit." Abel Montoya told the state's Admissions Review Commission that his job ...

A Massachusetts author has sued Elisabeth Hasselbeck , accusing the cohost of ABC's "The View'' of plagiarism.

Taking in a U2 show at a European soccer stadium, with a rotating stage and enough pyrotechnics to eliminate a small country, has its charms.

Jay Bennett , former Wilco member, died of an accidental painkiller overdose, according to the Champaign County coroner's office.

Death Of Ex-Wilco Member Ruled Accidental Overdose Posted by Mitch Michaels on 06.24.2009 Jay Bennett's sudden death explained... A Champaign County Coroner has ruled that former Wilco member Jay Bennett died from an accidental overdose of pain killer fentanyl.

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A new movie is titled "The 500 Days of Summer." That's what it looked like on the last day of school, time reaching forward beyond all imagining.

URBANA – Sections of two campus streets will possibly be transferred from the city of Urbana to the University of Illinois.

The German Bundespolizei have received dual certification for their Frasca built EC-135 helicopter device as a JAR-FTD H FTD 2 and FNPT III MCC.

URBANA – Web tips to Crimestoppers of Champaign County on Monday night led to the recovery of two signs taken near the Native American House on the University of Illinois campus.

Cats might have nine lives, but a single Tylenol tablet can quickly end all nine.

URBANA – Crisis Nursery of Champaign County might have to serve 150 fewer children over the next year after a one-two punch from funding sources.