As a light snow fell on Saturday evening, the 10th annual Parade of Lights rode through the streets of downtown Champaign. Community members filled the streets to view decorated floats, drink hot chocolate and wait for Santa Claus to light the Christmas tree.

For a week, Facebook users worldwide have been adopting cartoon characters as their profile image — and for good reason.

A winter storm warning for heavy snow and severe weather conditions has been issued for the Champaign area until 6 p.m. tonight by the National Weather Service.

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Carpe diem, or seize the day, should be the slogan for children at the Don Moyer Boys and Girls Club in Champaign, who are ambitiously learning Latin.

Wednesday marks World AIDS Day, and a recent study about an HIV pre-exposure drug may provide an equal amount of hope and difficulty for HIV prevention.

A charity campaign that started in 1929 at the University is determined to make a change this year in Champaign-Urbana, throughout the nation and worldwide.

A program at Parkland College will offer area youth who have dropped out of school the opportunity to obtain their high school diploma and gain valuable job skills.

Three Champaign organizations are in the running to receive grants from the Pepsi Refresh Project.

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To the disapproval of the Urbana City Council, plans to install three wind turbines to be placed 1.5 miles southeast of Urbana are moving along.