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Sadorus animal rescue faces closure, urges donations
WCIA Champaign via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoSADORUS, Ill. (WCIA) — Walls 4 Paws in Sadorus is a non-profit animal rescue giving cats across Central Illinois a temporary place to call home. But the...
Lengthy I-57 bridge projects start Friday in Champaign Co.
WCIA Champaign via Yahoo News· 2 months agoCHAMPAIGN CO., Ill. (WCIA) – Two long-term Interstate 57 construction projects are starting in...
4/23/24 Rainfall Reports
WCIA Champaign via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoHere are some of the rainfall totals after such a soggy Tuesday.NOTE: Some of these CoCoRaHS reports came from areas outside of towns. The nearest town...
Name Dropping | Halpin leaves life on the sea to help parents
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo News· 5 months agoDec. 9—Charlie Halpin was enjoying life traveling the globe as an art dealer and an art director for various cruise lines when he heeded the call to return to Urbana to help his aging parents ...
ELECTION '23: Mayoral radio forum today on WDWS; Champaign Co. closing 20 polling places
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMar. 29—The three candidates for Champaign mayor — Deb Feinen, Don Gerard and Azark Cobbs — take part in a live radio forum on WDWS 1400-AM/93.9-FM. Text questions you'd like to ask them to ...
Proposal to eliminate lower minimum wage for tipped workers sparks debate
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo Finance· 3 months agoFeb. 7—SPRINGFIELD — Advocates and restaurant industry leaders are at odds over a proposal that would eliminate the lower minimum wage for tipped workers. One Fair Wage, a national group seeking ...
IDOT's about-face on I-74 overpass prompts outcry
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo News· 2 months agoFeb. 29—ST. JOSEPH — Local officials, community leaders and even federal legislators hope to convince the Illinois Department of Transportation to rethink its plan to remove the Champaign County ...
How old is your church? Our timeline tracks 251, from 1826 to present
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo News· 12 months agoMay 16—Four score and 117 years ago, when Abe Lincoln was just a gangly teen, a group of early settlers met in a log cabin in the future Vermilion County to establish what would become the area's ...
'I can't watch this guy drown in front of me'
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo News· 7 months agoOct. 11—Want to purchase today's print edition? Here's a map of single-copy locations. CHAMPAIGN — An hour after saving a man's life, Nick Bokszczanin was on to practical things: laundry and ...
The Program: Unity football in 2023
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo Sports· 8 months agoAug. 24—TOLONO — Sitting in a first-floor classroom on the back side of Unity High School, Scott Hamilton gazes out one of the multiple windows and can see Hicks Field on this overcast Friday ...
