This year’s Holiday Tree Lighting in downtown Champaign will take place Saturday, Dec. 4 at 6:45 p.m. The celebration will host the First Annual Gift Drive.

Construction on the Boneyard Creek detention project is moving along as work on phase two of the plan, along Second Street from Springfield Avenue to University Avenue, wraps up.

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9-1-1 service was restored Thursday afternoon after a third-party contractor struck underground cables, causing the disrupted service.

Champaign City Council convened Tuesday night for regular meeting to discuss 14 bills, among which are resolutions which support the infrastructure development of the University research park.

The city of Champaign, as one final salute to its 150th anniversary, created a project called "Letters to the Future: 2060."

Champaign City Council will convene Tuesday night for regular meeting to discuss 14 bills, among which are resolutions which support the infrastructure development of the University research park.

For those wondering which crime hot spots are closest to their homes, the Champaign Police Department has announced the completion of an upgrade to an interactive crime-mapping website.

Plans by the University to install three utility-sized wind turbines adjacent to the City of Urbana have elicited concern from Urbana City Council members, as well as community members.

On Monday, the Planned Parenthood of Illinois board, including President and CEO Carole Brite, and the local branch of Planned Parenthood of Illinois' Teen Awareness Group helped kick off the remodel of the Planned Parenthood health center at 302 E. Stoughton St.

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Mayor Gerald Schweighart will accept on behalf of the city of Champaign the Ameren Illinois Act on Energy's "Most Progressive City Award" on November 15 at 2 p.m. at the Ameren Illinois, Champaign/Urbana Operating Center, 1112 W. Anthony Dr. This is the first time the award has ever been presented.