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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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