The CU-CitizenAccess.org team is happy to announce a brand new look for our site! Local community news is evolving and so are we. On January
Read MoreJohn Foreman, former publisher of The News-Gazette and a great friend and supporter of CU-CitizenAccess.org, passed away last week. Foreman, 65, was
Read MoreGun 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
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Johnathan Hettinger/For CU-CitizenAccess.org --The only domestic violence shelter in Champaign-Urbana has had to turn away hundreds of women and child
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Johnathan Hettinger/For CU-CitizenAccess.org --Despite hundreds of domestic violence arrests each year in Champaign and Urbana, a task force formed to
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By Sarah Soenke/For CU-CitizenAccess.org — As the number of small business retail establishments has decreased in the city of Champaign, downtown busi
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Steffie Drucker/For CU-CitizenAccess.org — Sister Maryann Schaefer was dressed modestly in a simple gray habit and fleece vest, hands folded on her la
Read MoreBy Emma Weissmann/For CU-CitizenAccess.org — Champaign County residents see the transmission of sexually transmitted infections as among the lowest-pr
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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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By Robert Holly/CU-CitizenAccess.org — Thousands of agriculture groups and independent farmers – including many from Champaign and other central-Illin
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