About one in six road segments, defined as parts of streets, in Champaign were graded very poor, serious or failed in a study conducted by the city's
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After a dip five years ago, yearly deaths involving opioid overdose in Champaign County have stayed above 60 a year, state data shows. In the few
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For every 10 aggravated assaults in Champaign and Urbana since fall 2020, four will happen on Green Street, according to the University of Illinois d
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Unsurprisingly, cannabis-related arrests have plunged in Urbana in the past three years since the legalization of cannabis, but the decline may be mo
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Ridership for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s SafeRides program has declined by nearly half what it was ten years ago. Safe
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Over the last five years, the poverty rate in Champaign County has fallen, but the number of people seeking food assistance has steadily risen, accor
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The ratio of nonwhite to white drivers involved in traffic stops in Urbana hit a 10-year high in 2022 — for every 10 white drivers stopped by police,
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In the past eight years, Champaign and Urbana witnessed a steep hike in gun violence and then a swift decline after 2021 — but the shootings still ha
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On February 13 this year, a one-year pilot program began in Champaign with Raven gunshot detection technology. Records obtained in a Freedom of I
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Residents complain about continuing early morning garbage pick-ups, but cities fail to find remedies
https://youtu.be/1yeXSeADVVE Video captured by Kate Maguire. Loud booming and crashing sounds of waste hauler trucks emptying bins can start befo
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