The News-Gazette (Champaign-Urbana)
- Champaign park board to vote on bid for new lights at Dodds Tennis Center
Tuesday - 06/25/2019 - 10:55 PMThe park district received four bids for the project, with Energy Harvest submitting the lowest one at $61,954.50.
CHAMPAIGN — It will soon be easier for tennis players to see the ball during matches at the Dodds Tennis Center.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- This day in history, June 26, 2019
Wednesday - 06/26/2019 - 07:00 AMToday is Wednesday, June 26, the 177th day of 2019. There are 188 days left in the year.
Today's highlight
On June 26, 1963, President John F. Kennedy visited West Berlin, where he delivered his famous speech expressing solidarity with the city's residents, declaring: "Ich bin ein Berliner" (I am a Berliner).More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - No more ears, noses or throats for Christie doctor after end of week
Wednesday - 06/26/2019 - 08:00 AMAfter nearly a half-century in medicine, Dr. William Youngerman is hanging up his otoscope.
CHAMPAIGN — He's treated countless patients in his own hometown. And after nearly a half-century in medicine, Dr.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Champaign council to work on clarifying housing code regarding convictions
Wednesday - 06/26/2019 - 08:00 AMUnder public pressure, the council has been reviewing a section that allows the denial of housing to most people with felonies. The goal of revising it is to specify exactly which convictions a landlord should be allowed to take into consideration.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Champaign woman charged in armed robbery; two men also sought
Tuesday - 06/25/2019 - 08:00 AMA Champaign police report said a 23-year-old man was robbed of an undisclosed amount of cash at 12:15 p.m. Friday at South Staley Road and West Springfield Avenue.
URBANA — A Champaign woman has been arrested in connection with an armed robbery Friday afternoon on the city's west side.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Urbana council gives initial OK to $17M plan to renovate Landmark Hotel
Tuesday - 06/25/2019 - 08:00 AMThe project from Maryland-based developer Marksons Affiliates LLC would see the facility become a Tapestry by Hilton-branded boutique hotel with the potential to be a 'turning point for the community,' said Alderman Dennis Roberts.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Champaign's Luke Smith is so much more than a few choice words
Tuesday - 06/25/2019 - 08:00 AMLouisville pitcher gained national notoriety on Friday night. For all the wrong reasons. But the Centennial graduate is more than just a 10-second clip that went viral. ‘He is an amazing person.’
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Champaign extends special alcohol rules to all 'Friday Night Live' events
Monday - 06/24/2019 - 07:45 PMMayor Deb Feinen, who also serves as liquor commissioner, announced Monday that because of the success of the city's Downtown Festival District in two trial runs this year, the decision was made to extend the designation for the Friday events through Aug.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Good Morning, Illini Nation: 'You have to keep getting elite talent'
Tuesday - 06/25/2019 - 07:00 AMCatching up with Flyin' Illini Marcus Liberty.
PODCAST: Inside Illini Basketball
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WEEKLY CHAT: Submit your questions - 'Emotional distress has been ... unbearable'
Monday - 06/24/2019 - 04:13 PMYingying Zhang’s family issued the following statement on Monday afternoon, shortly after Brendt Christensen was found guilty of kidnapping and killing the visiting UI scholar:
Yingying Zhang’s family issued the following statement on Monday afternoon, shortly after Brendt Christensen was found guilty of kidnapping and killing the visiting UI scholar:
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- Area history, June 26, 2019
Wednesday - 06/26/2019 - 07:00 AMToday is Wednesday, June 26, 2019. Here are local news reports from 100, 50 and 15 years ago:
In 1919, funeral services were set for David Maxwell of Tolono, one of Champaign County's earliest pioneers.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Election 2020: Democratic debate preview
Wednesday - 06/26/2019 - 08:00 AMEditor Jeff D'Alessio asked political junkies on both sides of the aisle for the one thing they're most eager to learn about the crowded field the next two nights.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - UI food-, building-service workers set to vote on authorizing strike
Wednesday - 06/26/2019 - 08:00 AMNegotiations that have been underway since November stalled last month, and the strike-authorization vote is set for Saturday, sid Ricky Baldwin, chief negotiator for Service Employees International Union Local 73's UIUC Chapter 119.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Christensen's lawyers say he offered to plead guilty, reveal location of remains
Tuesday - 06/25/2019 - 09:39 PMIn a motion filed Tuesday to exclude inaccurate victim-impact testimony during the sentencing phase of his trial, they said he made the offer six months after his arrest in exchange for a sentence of life without parole.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Second kindergarten-readiness report finds similar ratio of kids unprepared
Tuesday - 06/25/2019 - 08:00 AMOverall, 26 percent of the state's 115,920 kindergartens surveyed met the full gamut of readiness in three key developmental areas — up just 2 percentage points from last year's 24 percent.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Monticello council denies permit for solar farm at middle school
Tuesday - 06/25/2019 - 08:00 AMThe school district had proposed a 4.98-acre ground-based farm it estimated could save $1.2 million in utility costs over 25 years. Adjacent homeowners countered that it would be an eyesore and drive down their property values.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Petition asks Champaign council to repeal housing rule on convictions
Tuesday - 06/25/2019 - 08:00 AMThe petition to remove the part of the city code that permits discrimination based on felony convictions for up to five years after release, signed by more than 700 residents, will be presented at tonight's study session.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Fithian holding gun raffle to raise funds for new playground at park
Monday - 06/24/2019 - 08:22 PMFITHIAN — The village of Fithian is holding a gun raffle to raise money for new playground equipment at Brentlinger Memorial Park.
Tickets are $20 apiece and are available at The Hideaway Slots, 101 N.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - This day in history, June 25, 2019
Tuesday - 06/25/2019 - 07:00 AMToday is Tuesday, June 25, the 176th day of 2019. There are 189 days left in the year.
Today's highlight
On June 25, 1950, war broke out in Korea as forces from the communist North invaded the South.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Christensen Trial: Day 9
Monday - 06/24/2019 - 04:32 PMDay nine of the trial of Brendt Christensen Wednesday, June 19, 2019.
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- Good Morning, Illini Nation: Blue-chippers in town
Wednesday - 06/26/2019 - 07:00 AMThe Illini's important two-day stretch starts today with Utah transfer Donnie Tillman and four-star 2020 guard DJ Steward set to visit campus. Five-star 2021 forward Michael Foster Jr. will visit Thursday
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pritzker signs law legalizing recreational marijuana in Illinois
Wednesday - 06/26/2019 - 08:00 AMThe effort made it the 11th state in the U.S. to legalize marijuana but the first to pass a comprehensive legalization package through the legislature rather than a ballot initiative.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Legally Speaking: Evan Bruno
Wednesday - 06/26/2019 - 08:00 AMThe partner at Bruno Law Offices in Urbana explains to staff writer Mary Schenk why he and his two partners extracted themselves from Brendt Christensen's federal case almost two years ago.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Get The Picture: Week of June 24, 2019
Tuesday - 06/25/2019 - 01:30 PMA look at daily life in central Illinois through the lens of the News-Gazette photographers.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Danville looking to strengthen stance on 'gambling cafes'
Tuesday - 06/25/2019 - 08:00 AMMayor Rickey Williams Jr. said aldermen will consider adding language to the city's liquor-license ordinance stating that any establishment with a liquor license may not generate more than 49 percent of its revenues from video gambling.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Christensen verdict: 'A step toward justice ... and a step toward closure'
Tuesday - 06/25/2019 - 08:00 AMThe conviction put a cap on a case that has captivated the University of Illinois community and garnered international attention.
PEORIA — More than two years after Yingying Zhang was last seen, and after listening to eight days of testimony from 35 witnesses, it took a federal jury less than two hours Monday to convict Brendt Christensen of kidnapping and killing her.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Parkland summer camp has students getting hands dirty with science
Tuesday - 06/25/2019 - 08:00 AMThe 'Messy Science' camp is one of several in Parkland's College for Kids program, which looks to educate 8- to 13-year-olds on potential career options within the science, technology, engineering, arts and math fields.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Top of the Morning, June 25, 2019
Tuesday - 06/25/2019 - 07:00 AMBy all accounts, last weekend's concert scene in C-U was as vibrant as ever.
By all accounts, last weekend's concert scene in C-U was as vibrant as ever.
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There was a buzz in downtown Champaign before ART GARFUNKEL played an energetic Virginia Theatre on Saturday night. - Area history, June 25, 2019
Tuesday - 06/25/2019 - 07:00 AMToday is Tuesday, June 25, 2019. Here are local news reports from 100, 50 and 15 years ago:
In 1919, farmer Elmer Frazier of rural Urbana sold a Holstein bull named Meadow Holm Bo Peep to a Japanese cattle breeder for $5,750.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Crash affects eastbound I-74 traffic
Monday - 06/24/2019 - 05:35 PMCHAMPAIGN — Eastbound traffic on Interstate 74 has been affected following a crash in Champaign.
The Illinois Department of Transportation reported Monday afternoon that the left shoulder of eastbound I-74 is closed over Market Street.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share