Champaign County News

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.

CHAMPAIGN – Ralph Caldwell Jr. said Champaign County is one of the areas he was interested in as he neared retirement as police chief in Springfield.

URBANA – The Champaign County coroner said he's not sure what killed a University of Illinois student who collapsed in front of the UI police station Monday morning.

CHAMPAIGN – Jayne DeLuce thinks her new job as executive director of the Champaign County Convention & Visitors Bureau should fit her well.

Champaign- The number of homeless people and families living in Champaign County increased dramatically in the last eight months.

DANVILLE – An organizer with the East Central Illinois Tea Party group said he's willing to challenge state Sen.

URBANA – A 15-year-old Champaign male accused of injuring Police Chief R.T. Finney in a struggle Friday was released Tuesday to the custody of his mother.

The Statea s Attorney says Chief R.T. Finney was the first on the scene last Friday.

Champaign- We're nearly four months away from the primaries here in Illinois. The Republican side has a crowded field, but on the Democratic ticket, there's only two.