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Champaign community kicks off summer at Hessel Park
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — Summer unofficially started on Memorial Day with food, fun and great weather at Champaign’s Hessel Park. Hundreds of families were outside enjoying the fresh air and relaxing. People cooked on the grill and kids were ran around both the playground and the splash pad. Parent Jerrasha Johnson said this has become […]
Community Spotlight: Waste Not sustainability event
URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — The Champaign County Environmental Stewards is a sustainability organization that aims to reduce waste and pollution through material management solutions. This Friday, they’ll be hosting an event to discuss ways of cutting down on waste. CCES President Dominique Gilbert came on WCIA 3 News at Noon to talk about the event […]
Look into Champaign’s past with new interactive map
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — The City of Champaign has launched a new tool that can give people a look into the past. It’s an interactive map that can compare any two maps of the city. Maps include zoning and color maps along with images taken by satellites, and their dates range from the 1880s to […]
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 […]
Rantoul family wakes up to tree destroying mobile home
RANTOUL, Ill. (WCIA) — Parts of Central Illinois woke up to damage from the previous night’s severe weather on Wednesday morning. Heavy winds swept across some of the area Tuesday night causing damage. In Rantoul, heavy winds caused a tree to snap and fall over onto a mobile home. The family was sleeping inside when […]
Foodmobile road-tripping through Champaign Co. this June
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, Ill. (WCIA) — The Eastern Illinois Foodbank Foodmobile will be hitting the road on June 4 and 14 to help bring healthy food to underserved areas of Champaign County. Specific sites and times for each town are listed here. The Foodmobile will pay a visit to southern Champaign County on June 4 and northern on June 14. […]
$5M expansion coming to Rantoul elementary school
RANTOUL, Ill. (WCIA) — Teachers and students in Rantoul are rejoicing — and not because summer is almost here. They’re excited for a $5 million project that will expand not only Pleasant Acres Elementary School, but also their pre-K programs. The Rantoul School District is using bonds and a 1% sales tax from the county. […]
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. […]
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