Read more about the article Champaign County doesn’t allow looking up property by name. We made it searchable again.Darrell Hoemann
Brookens Admin Center in Urbana, IL 61801 on Wednesday, December 15, 2021. Photo by Darrell Hoemann/CU-CitizenAccess

Champaign County doesn’t allow looking up property by name. We made it searchable again.

Although the Champaign County Assessment Office has a property tax lookup tool developed by the software company DEVNET, the office decided to remove the…

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Illinois Newsroom series finds gun violence is an issue downstate

Gun violence is an issue that extends far beyond the Chicago area in Illinois. At least 100 people died from gunfire over the past three years and at least 500 were wounded, according to data obtained from a sample of police departments of eight cities in downstate Illinois.

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Read more about the article Local domestic violence shelter forced to turn away hundredsDarrell Hoemann
From left: Stephanie Thurman and Lisa Little, a court advocates with Courage Connection and Isak Griffiths, executive director with the groups Angel Tree fundraiser at Lincoln Square in Urbana on Friday, December 12, 2014.

Local domestic violence shelter forced to turn away hundreds

Johnathan Hettinger/For CU-CitizenAccess.org --The only domestic violence shelter in Champaign-Urbana has had to turn away hundreds of women and children because it does not…

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Read more about the article Domestic violence task force on ‘hiatus’Darrell Hoemann/C-U Citizen Access
Lisa Little, a court advocate with Courage Connection at Lincoln Square on Friday, December 12, 2014.

Domestic violence task force on ‘hiatus’

Johnathan Hettinger/For CU-CitizenAccess.org --Despite hundreds of domestic violence arrests each year in Champaign and Urbana, a task force formed to address the issue has…

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Read more about the article Champaign nonprofit group pulls for more retail downtownDarrell Hoemann/C-U Citizen Access
Erin Lippitz, Executive Director of Champaign Center Partnership and Jeff Brandt, owner of Exile on Main St. in Brandt's store on Wednesday, November 19, 2014.

Champaign nonprofit group pulls for more retail downtown

By Sarah Soenke/For CU-CitizenAccess.org — As the number of small business retail establishments has decreased in the city of Champaign, downtown business owners and…

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Read more about the article Sister uses troubled past to help campus youthDarrell Hoemann/C-U Citizen Access
Sister Maryann Schaefer, in the food pantry of St. John's Newman Center on the UI campus on Friday, November 21, 2014.

Sister uses troubled past to help campus youth

Steffie Drucker/For CU-CitizenAccess.org — Sister Maryann Schaefer was dressed modestly in a simple gray habit and fleece vest, hands folded on her lap. Though…

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Read more about the article Data reveals fire hotspots in Champaign and Urbana; causes of fires varyDarrell Hoemann/C-U Citizen Access
Jeremy Leevey, fire prevention officer for the Urbana Fire Department at the campus fire station on Thursday, September 25, 2014.

Data reveals fire hotspots in Champaign and Urbana; causes of fires vary

Rebecca Jacobs/For CU-CitizenAccess.org — When it comes to fires involving buildings in the twin cities, there are six hot spots. Three of them are…

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