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Rural Champaign Co. home damaged by fire
PENFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — A house in rural Champaign County was severely damaged on Monday after it caught fire in the morning. The fire happened in the village limits of Penfield near Franklin and South Streets. Penfield is under the jurisdiction of the Gifford Fire Protection District; Chief Brodie Crozier said they got the call […]
Champaign Co. Board committee to consider yearlong ban on carbon capture
URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — A committee of the Champaign County Board is considering a zoning ordinance on carbon sequestration activities in county limits for the next 12 months. The Environmental and Land Use Committee will discuss the ordinance on Thursday, Oct. 10, according to an agenda posted on the county’s website. Environmental advocates say prevention […]
Atwood Police, other law enforcement looking for ‘armed and dangerous’ fugitive
ATWOOD, Ill. (WCIA) — Law enforcement is looking for a man considered armed and dangerous who was last seen in the area around Atwood. Officials with the Atwood Police Department said that on Oct. 3, Illinois Department of Corrections parole officers tried to arrest Tyson Hays in Garrett for a parole violation. Hays fled from […]
Sheriff’s Deputies, Gifford Fire respond to two UTV crashes on Saturday
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, Ill. (WCIA) — The Champaign County Sheriff’s Office and Gifford Fire Protection District responded to two separate UTV crashes on the same day over the weekend. Sheriff Dustin Heuerman said the crashes happened Saturday, five miles and six hours apart. The first crash happened in a driveway at County Roads 2200E and 3100N […]
$32M improvements to Garden Hills about halfway done
Oct. 7—CHAMPAIGN — The approximately $32 million in improvements underway in the Garden Hills neighborhood are first and foremost about drainage. Flooding has been a concern since the neighborhood was built in the late 1960s, said Champaign civil engineer Tyler Suits, and the city wants to "alleviate" the issue. However, there's more to the project than just mitigating stormwater — such as the ...
Champaign man accused of threatening Florida judge
URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — A man from Champaign is facing federal charges of threatening a judge, and the judge he allegedly threatened could be the one who presided over Donald Trump’s classified documents case. Eric James Rennert, 65, was indicted Sept. 25 on six counts — three of interstate transmission of threats and three of […]
Kaufman Lake to close for restock
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — A lake in Champaign will be closed to all fishing later this week. The Champaign Park District is closing Kaufman Lake Tuesday to restock, officials announced on Facebook. The closure will continue through Oct. 18. The lake will reopen at 5 a.m. on Oct. 19 for trout season. Officials remind fishers […]
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