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The News-Gazette's football Top 10 poll: SJ-O still at No. 1
Sep. 27—➜ 4-0 ➜ No. 1 Hardly anyone in the area has played better in the first half than the Spartans. The key for Coy Taylor and Co. is to put a full four quarters together. SJ-O steps out of Illini Prairie Conference play for the only time on Friday night when it hosts Carterville at Dick Duval Field. ➜ 4-0 ➜ No. 2 Salt Fork would like to have a word about first-half performances. Carter ...
‘These are well devised scams’: UI Detective reacts after 3 students targeted 9 days apart
URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — Law enforcement is investigating after three sexual exploitation scams targeted U of I students in the last nine days. Now, the University of Illinois Police Department (UIPD) is looking for answers. Lt. Grant Briggs doesn’t believe the three incidents are related, but that doesn’t take away from the severity of each […]
Champaign County records first human case of West Nile Virus
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — The City of Champaign and Champaign County as a whole have recorded their first human case of West Nile Virus in 2024. The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District said human cases would be probable after it upgraded the county’s West Nile alert status at the start of the month. Now, a Champaign […]
Oakwood residents voice concerns over cost, quality of water
OAKWOOD, Ill. (WCIA) — People in one Vermilion County village are upset with higher water bills, and some also aren’t happy with the quality. Oakwood’s provider, Prairie Path Water, held an annual customer outreach meeting Thursday in the village, where they heard some of those concerns. Some residents said their bills are simply too high. […]
Two of a giving kind: Couple honored for volunteer work
Sep. 27—Giving back Among those honored Thursday by Family Service were volunteers who'd hit milestones: Fran Biederman Joanne Cahill, Jan Peterson Marc Long, Mary Morrison, Elaine Peppers, Pat Ryan Linda Boehm, Pat Brown, Donna Napier, Thomas Napier, Mark Williams, Sandy Williams CHAMPAIGN — Not long after Dale Benz retired from his 32-year career working for the U.S. Department of ...
Max Wilson playing for dad after growing up on sidelines: 'The time of my life'
Sep. 27—VILLA GROVE — Heath Wilson got his coaching start at St. Thomas More as an assistant under Dan Hennessey. Wilson, simply put, said Hennessey has taught him everything he knows about coaching. Wilson's son, Max, was just a baby, but that's also where he got his start as a football player. While he was still a long way from playing, his mom would carry him around the sideline while Heath ...
CFB Saturday Lookahead: No. 19 Illinois at No. 9 Penn State
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60 cyclists on 500-mile journey across IL to honor fallen servicemen, women
MATTOON, Ill. (WCIA) — Dozens of cyclists pulled up to the Mattoon YMCA on Wednesday to stay for the night after riding after riding 100 miles. Their journey is halfway over, but they’re not doing it for themselves. “Now we’re stopping by schools, restocking by different VFW, American Legion halls,” Barry Tobias, Gold Star Mission […]
NAACP Awards | Honoring 'a true giant'
Sep. 27—The winner of the Champaign County NAACP's Education Award spent nearly a half-century on the University of Illinois campus, arriving in the fall of 1966 as a grad student fresh out of Alabama's Stillman College and retiring in the summer of 2022 as one of higher ed's foremost scholars in the history of African-American education and school achievement in the U.S. ¶ In between: earned ...
Central Illinois Bat Festival coming to Urbana
URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — Urbana Park District is getting ready to hold a bat festival. The festival starts at Anita Purves Nature Center. From 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., bat enthusiasts of all ages will hear from guest scientists, kids can participate in themed activities and people can watch mist net demonstrations. Food trucks and […]
Construction picking up in downtown Rantoul
RANTOUL, Ill. (WCIA) — The village of Rantoul is in the process of transforming its downtown. Construction crews were working on Thursday. Officials say right now, they’re focusing on sewers and storm drainage underground. Once that’s done, contractors will start working above ground on streets and fixing the sidewalks. One business owner says it’s been […]
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