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Photos from the Busey Illinois Youth Run at Memorial Stadium in Champaign on Saturday, April 27, 2019.

Photos from the 2019 Christie Clinic Illinois Marathon in Champaign-Urbana on Saturday, April 27, 2019.

As part of Community Development Week, Champaign and Urbana are showing off the accomplishments made possible with Community Development Block Grants, which President Donald Trump's budget calls for eliminating.

CHAMPAIGN — Last year alone, federal funds through the Community Development Block Grant program positively impacted 60 households in Champaign.

On the heels of an impressive lineup of live music and comedy acts in 2018, the Vermilion County establishment is set to open its outdoor venue this weekend with a lineup that's already exceeding last year's.

DANVILLE — The first live music Brad Key ever heard was as a kid with his dad at the Moose Lodge near Exit 210 on Interstate 74.

Today is Saturday, April 27, 2019. Here are local news reports from 100, 50 and 15 years ago:
In 1919, thousands of people turned out at the Illinois Central Railroad Depot to see a special train containing trophies from The Great War. The exhibits included a captured German cannon, machine guns, bomb and minethrowers.
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Today is Saturday, April 27, the 117th day of 2019. There are 248 days left in the year.
Today's highlight
On April 27, 1978, 51 construction workers plunged to their deaths when a scaffold inside a cooling tower at the Pleasants Power Station site in West Virginia fell 168 feet to the ground.
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The chance to help plant two trees outside school made for a memorable Arbor Day for Ashlee Kozak's fourth-graders at Next Generation School. And not just because they got out of class for an hour in the morning.

Photos from the Annual Christie Clinic 5K race, part of the Illinois Marathon, on Friday, April 26, 2019.

Korrion Taylor, 21, of Champaign was charged Friday with possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, a Class 1 felony, after police said they found just over 10 grams of suspected cocaine in his home.

URBANA — A Champaign man on parole for aggravated battery for taking part in attacking a man in Campustown almost three years ago has been arrested again.

The district has hovered around a 10,000-student mark since the 2016-17 school year, when it hit 10,060.

CHAMPAIGN — Continuing a five-year trend, enrollment continues to increase within the Champaign school district, with current counts projecting at least 10,240 students enrolled next year.