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Over one year later, no detached housing built following Champaign ordinance
Zeno Jo / For CU-CitizenAccess and Nour Longi / For CU-CitizenAccess
/ March 4, 2024
Complaints about yard waste and housing in disrepair continue to rise in Urbana; Property inspections behind schedule goal
Michal Szczepaniak / For CU-CitizenAccess and Gwyn Skiles / For CU-CitizenAccess
/ February 29, 2024
Champaign County doesn’t allow looking up property by name. We made it searchable again.
CU-CitizenAccess.org
/ February 13, 2024
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NEW TOOL: Click here to search Champaign County property by owner name — a feature removed by county officials
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February 13, 2024
ByStephanie Wayda / For CU-CitizenAccess and Farrah Anderson / For CU-CitizenAccess
The state of Illinois Liquor Control Commission has made enforcing and documenting underage drinking on its website a priority since 2021 — and enforcement of liquor laws at Champaign bars and liquor...
Neighborhoods
Some residents expressed concern about a negative impact on neighborhoods when the city of Champaign passed a June 2022 ordinance to build additional, detached housing on their properties. But over one year...
Some Champaign residents in Garden Hills have expressed concern over the number of businesses selling alcohol in close proximity to the neighborhood, saying those businesses are more prevalent in their neighborhood than...
The funding for Champaign’s Neighborhood Small Grant Program increased from about $22,500 to $52,000 this fiscal year, meaning it can assist dozens more projects, ranging from neighborhood cleanups to spring picnics. Since...
Neighborhoods
Some residents expressed concern about a negative impact on neighborhoods when the city of Champaign passed a June 2022 ordinance to build additional, detached housing on their properties. But over one year...
Some Champaign residents in Garden Hills have expressed concern over the number of businesses selling alcohol in close proximity to the neighborhood, saying those businesses are more prevalent in their neighborhood than...
The funding for Champaign’s Neighborhood Small Grant Program increased from about $22,500 to $52,000 this fiscal year, meaning it can assist dozens more projects, ranging from neighborhood cleanups to spring picnics. Since...
Recent News
This article originally appeared on IPM Newsroom on January 29, 2024. This story is part of a partnership focusing on police misconduct in Champaign County between the Champaign-Urbana...
Despite an all-time high in the number of Illinois residents possessing a firearm ownership card, the number of gun dealers and businesses registering guns throughout the state has...
The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District and local group Advocates for Aging Care have launched a survey to help identify the state of senior services in Champaign County. Champaign...
Last year, as of late November, 10 restaurants in Champaign County were closed and received a red placard because of failed health inspections. But 75 failed an inspection...
A moldy bell pepper. Bare hands touching ready-to-eat food. Food that expired over a week ago sitting in the fridge. These are just a few of the health...
Some Champaign residents in Garden Hills have expressed concern over the number of businesses selling alcohol in close proximity to the neighborhood, saying those businesses are more prevalent...
Justice
This story is part of a partnership focusing on police misconduct in Champaign County between the Champaign-Urbana Civic Police Data Project of the Invisible Institute, a Chicago-based nonprofit public accountability journalism organization, and IPM...
This article originally appeared on IPM Newsroom on January 29, 2024. This story is part of a partnership focusing on police misconduct in Champaign County between the Champaign-Urbana Civic Police...
Listen to WILL’s coverage for interview audio and hear from the reporters on The 21st Show. Just months before he planned to retire, 66-year-old Robert Dautel was killed in an...
Champaign has been using automated license plate readers (ALPR) in an effort to reduce gun violence — and its police department is looking to not only continue usage, but to...