Champaign County News

There's a big difference in the number of Democrats and Republicans running for precinct committeeman in the Feb.

Authorities said a desperate attempt by a mother to shield her son from being injured during a crash led to her own injuries.

CHAMPAIGN – Poverty rates for many counties in East Central Illinois were up in 2008, according to data released Wednesday by the U.S. Census Bureau.

URBANA – Opponents of video gaming in Champaign County said Thursday night it would create social problems, while backers said it is essential to supporting a $31 billion construction program in the state.

URBANA – An Urbana woman was cited for driving under the influence after her truck rammed into a house in northeast Urbana Saturday night, knocking it off its foundation.

URBANA – As has often been the case in recent months, the Champaign County Board's nursing home board of directors Thursday got some good news mixed with bad news from nursing home manager Michael Scavotto.

URBANA - Ron Hubert vividly recalls setting the first stone for the veterans monument in downtown Urbana in 1992.

Nov. 4--DECATUR -- Tourism is providing a rare bright spot in an otherwise down Decatur-area economy, city leaders said during a news conference Tuesday at the Children's Museum of Illinois.

The former head of the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District has been indicted on theft and official misconduct charges.

PENFIELD – Two Danville men were injured when their car struck a tree in rural Penfield on Monday morning.

Macon County was one of just 21 counties in Illinois to draw $100 million or more in tourism dollars last year, bringing in $107.48 million according to a recent tourism economic impact report from the State of Illinois.

URBANA – Champaign County jurors will have to decide Wednesday if they believe Crystal Myrick's denials that she had anything to do with the murders of Jerry and Sue Haigh.

Illinois State Police found 1,455 pounds of marijuana inside a rental truck that was pulled over in rural Champaign.

URBANA – Champaign County Democrats don't have candidates for any of four countywide seats up for election next year, but they have three candidates for two seats in one county board district and four candidates for two spots in another.

Champaign County Sheriff Dan Walsh said sheriff's deputies were sent to the Candlewood Estates mobile home park near Mahomet at 10:38 a.m. Monday.

A lot of communities across Central Illinois have been getting more doses of the vaccine, while others are still waiting to get their clinics started.

Urbana- Champaign County has lost a very valuable asset that helped solve crimes and keep us all safe at everything from Illini football games to the Champaign County courthouse.

URBANA – A Rantoul couple arrested Tuesday for having drugs for sale at their home were criminally charged in Champaign County Wednesday.

Republican voters in northwest Champaign County apparently will have an unusual three-way race for a single county board seat in the Feb.

MAHOMET – All of the predictions about recession-related 'staycations' proved true this summer for the campground at the Champaign County Forest Preserve District's Middle Fork Preserve near Penfield.