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A leaking underground storage tank was reported at the Citgo gas station at 1201 N. Mattis Avenue in March 2025. The location was formerly a Phillips 66 gas station. Photo by Dylan Tiger.

Problems with leaking underground storage tanks persist in Illinois

Post author:Lawson Sizemore / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:April 15, 2025
Post category:Environment Government

Last month, an underground storage tank located at the gas station on 1201 N. Mattis Avenue was reported as the latest leaking tank in…

Read more about the article Arcola roofing, construction contractor fined over $1.8 million for exposing workers to unsafe working conditions in past decade

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Roofers working in Champaign on March 1, 2025.

Arcola roofing, construction contractor fined over $1.8 million for exposing workers to unsafe working conditions in past decade

Post author:Piotr Fedczuk / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:April 14, 2025
Post category:Business Government Housing

In the past decade, federal safety inspectors have fined Elmer Miller and his construction company based in Arcola, Illinois more than $1.8 million. Last…

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Several diseases on the rise in Champaign County as federal changes threaten prevention-based programs

Post author:Molly Hughes / For CU-CitizenAccess and Nazala Salauddin / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:April 14, 2025
Post category:Public Funds Public Health

Whooping cough, rabies, syphilis and strep. These are some of the infectious diseases on the rise in Champaign County over the past six years,…

Read more about the article Four sexual assaults reported over past eight weeks at fraternities at University of Illinois; Police seldom name frats or locations

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The University of Illinois Police Department operates from the Public Safety Building, 1110 W. Springfield Ave., Urbana.

Four sexual assaults reported over past eight weeks at fraternities at University of Illinois; Police seldom name frats or locations

Post author:Mary Piacente / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:April 11, 2025
Post category:Education Government Neighborhoods

On Feb. 20, an anonymous student at the University of Illinois arrived at Carle Hospital at 1 a.m. and requested a sexual assault kit. …

Read more about the article Champaign social security office overflows with residents seeking help with benefits and status

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Some residents were sitting on the floor on April 2, 2025 at the Champaign Social Security Office at 101 S. Country Fair Dr. Photo by Molly Hughes.

Champaign social security office overflows with residents seeking help with benefits and status

Post author:Molly Hughes / For CU-CitizenAccess and Nazala Salauddin / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:April 9, 2025
Post category:Community Voices Government Public Funds

Richard Sexton, a man from Effingham who has been receiving disability benefits, said last week that his Social Security account and his retired wife's…