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Tom Kacich: Who votes down a playground tax? Champaign did 100 years ago
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo News· 22 hours agoMay 26—In the spring of 1924, everyone seemed to agree: Champaign needed more parks and playgrounds. The growing city, whose population nearly doubled between 1900 and 1920 ...
Bob Asmussen | Illinois baseball playing like it is 2015 all over again
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo Sports· 6 days agoMay 21—CHAMPAIGN — Later this summer, The News-Gazette will devote a large portion of a Saturday section to the Illinois sports year ...
Unsolved Crimes | 'I think of her as someone that fought'
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo News· 2 days agoMay 25—CHAMPAIGN — Helen Melchi's family members still show emotion in their voices upon recalling what the family matriarch meant to them. A pillar of support that her children ...
DeJoy issues clarification on decision to pause facility changes
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo News· 5 days agoMay 21—CHAMPAIGN — Recent remarks from U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy indicate that significant changes to about 60 post offices — such as the Mattis Avenue facility ...
Four dead in I-57 accident near Tuscola
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo News· 2 days agoMay 24—TUSCOLA — Four people were killed and another seriously injured in a Friday afternoon accident that shut down Interstate 57 near Tuscola. State police said a semi-tractor trailer in the ...
Top of the Morning, May 23, 2024
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo News· 4 days agoMay 23—On Saturday, Chicago's Jay Warren will be in town to provide organ accompaniment for two screenings of the silent classic "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" at Champaign ...
The daily pitch from Sports Editor Matt Daniels: May 24, 2024
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo Sports· 3 days agoThe offense hasn't lit up the scoreboard in Omaha, Neb., but a 4-2 win against Iowa on Thursday means the Illini are still in the field entering Friday. ➜ . The duo is our latest high school ...
Illinois lands in-state wide receiver Brayden Trimble
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo Sports· 7 days agoMay 20—CHAMPAIGN — Bret Bielema's emphasis on recruiting the state of Illinois has included a further priority of keeping the players firmly in the Illini's backyard home.
'Super competitive' Trimble picks Illinois
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo Sports· 6 days agoMay 21—MT. ZION — Brayden Trimble has suited up on Friday nights the past three seasons roughly an hour's drive from Memorial Stadium. Proximity matters. Illinois football coach Bret Bielema ...
Piatt's OT: Danville's Huerta, Shields on state stage; Iroquois West's Wagner honored for work ethic
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo Sports· 3 days agoMay 24—CHARLESTON — You guys thought I was done with state girls' track and field coverage? To be honest, I did, too, but I've got a fun little story from prelims that I wasn't able to squeeze ...
