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Marine Band performance brings principal horn player back to her alma mater
Oct. 4—URBANA — Master Gunnery Sgt. Hilary Harding has played the horn for multiple U.S. presidents, world leaders and celebrities. She has had to explain to her kids that not everyone's parents go to work at the White House all the time. But she's still excited to play at the University of Illinois with the U.S. Marine Band at 3 p.m. Sunday at Foellinger Great Hall at Krannert Center for the ...
Illini basketball hoping talent translates to wins in 2024-25
ROSEMONT, Ill. (WCIA) – Illinois men’s basketball answered plenty of questions at Big Ten Media Days on Thursday, Oct. 3. Junior forward Ty Rodgers, one of just two scholarship returners from the 2023-24 season, called this year’s group the most talented team he’s ever been a part of. He said he loves how the team […]
Teacher of the Week | Amy Jenkins-Costa, Reading Interventionist, South Side Elementary, Champaign
Oct. 3—Amy Jenkins-Costa has spent most of her career teaching kids how to read. Since 1997, she's worked mostly as a reading interventionist in the Chamap[Champaign school district, first at Garden Hills Elementary School, then at Westview Elementary. Since 2012, the Centennial graduate has worked at South Side Elementary as a first-grade teacher and reading interventionist, the role she ...
Good Morning, Illini Nation: Illinois offers 2026 guard Jaidyn Coon
Oct. 4—Illinois interspersed some recruiting this week along with its official start to the 2024-25 season. Along with the first official practice Monday, the Illini staff also hit the road to get eyes on future talent. A group that now includes Storm Lake (Iowa) guard Jaidyn Coon. Coon, who checks in at 6-foot-6 and 180 pounds, is considered a three-star prospect in the Class of 2026 by both ...
Thursday's prep highlights: Claybrooke wins title; Bulldogs, Sages advance to sectionals
Oct. 4—In boys' golf Class 2A Danville Regional At Danville. While Mt. Zion won the team championship with a score of 310, Mahomet-Seymour and Monticello also punched their tickets to next week's sectional with respective scores of 315 and 328 at Turtle Run Golf Course. Reis Claybrooke led the Bulldogs with a round of 76, good to win an individual title after winning a playoff with Mt. Zion's ...
AP PHOTOS: This couple's divided on politics, but glued together by love
They were arguing about abortion. It was on Interstate 74, driving past the endless cornfields of rural Illinois, when Lesley Dzik realized she’d been raising her voice at her husband, Matt. She stopped, and suggested they drop the topic. He agreed, and quiet settled into the cabin of the pickup truck. “I love you,” they told each other, and the hands that had been gesturing to articulate their opposing views collapsed into each other on the center console. The Dziks have navigated issues common to so many marriages, from parenting to money.
Urbana council OKs phased fuel-tax increase
Oct. 3—URBANA — The city is moving forward with a fuel tax increase that local officials say will generate an additional $982,000 in revenue per year over the next decade and help fund roadwork. The Urbana City Council voted unanimously this week to approve an increase to the local motor fuel tax. The tax, currently set at 5 cents per gallon, will be increased in three steps of 2.5 cents each, ...
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