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Vacant Champaign School Board seats to be filled by end of next week
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — The two vacant seats on Champaign’s Unit 4 School District Board should be filled by the end of next week. The candidate pool for filling the seats has already narrowed significantly. Current board members couldn’t come to an agreement on finding replacements for the two vacant seats, so Regional Superintendent Gary […]
Extension to Illinois utility assistance program heads to Pritzker’s desk
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — A proposal in the Illinois statehouse to make sure a program that helps people with their power bill doesn’t go away now awaits a signature from the Governor. It’s the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, and it’s designed to help lower income people pay for energy services like their heat bill. […]
Community Spotlight: CU Market at the Fair
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — There’s a new local market event coming to the Champaign County Fairgrounds. Organizer and Shop by Knight Owner Malory Knight discussed the upcoming CU Market at the Fair for Thursday’s Community Spotlight. More than 30 boutiques and local businesses will be selling their items on June 1 from 9 a.m. to […]
Upcoming ‘Waste Not’ event to promote sustainability in Champaign Co.
URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — Champaign County Environmental Stewards (CCES) are hosting a speaker event in Urbana centered around the power of sustainability. The program, entitled “Waste Not: A PechaKucha sustainability event” will be on May 31 at 7 p.m. at the Gallery Art Bar. Several local experts will speak on how they have practiced sustainability […]
American Heart Association teaches CPR in Champaign to celebrate 100 years
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — The American Heart Association celebrated 100 years of work in Champaign-Urbana at the I-Hotel on Wednesday. The event was capped off with hands-on CPR training. It can take just a couple minutes of chest compressions to save someone’s life if they’re in trouble — but not everyone knows how to start. […]
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