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CU-CitizenAccess is an online newsroom devoted to community and watchdog reporting by journalism students at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign.
The newsroom focuses mostly on Champaign County and central Illinois, but produces occasional regional, national and international stories.
At 1117 S. Oak St. in Champaign, the Abbott Power Plant has evolved from a traditional coal power plant to one that burns coal as part of a multi‑fuel system. It meets...
On Main Street in downtown Champaign, the former News-Gazette building still stands, like a mausoleum to what is known as legacy news. Its signage is still intact. The...
In 2023, the Illinois Secretary of State launched the “Skip the Line” program to lower wait times at Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) facilities for drivers trying to...
At least 128 underage University of Illinois students were so inebriated that their friends had to call 911 for emergency medical attention last fall. But those students avoided...
Three summers ago, what began as a parking lot fight turned into a shooting where one man was killed and one woman was injured. Trevione Robinson, a 20-year-old...
The City of Champaign is starting a new street outreach program with the help of a nonprofit private firm specializing in violence prevention. The city approved a $450,000...
Residents at Shadow Wood Mobile Home Park, a community with many Spanish-speaking residents, have been meeting with Champaign police over concerns about immigration enforcement. Lieutenant Katherine Thompson of...