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Satellite Jail exterior on Wednesday, December 15, 2021. photo by Darrell Hoemann/C-U Citizen Access

Racial disparities persist in Champaign County jail bookings

Post author:Madison Holcomb / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:November 19, 2024
Post category:Government Justice

From 2012 to 2023, for every 10 white people booked at the Champaign County jail, 17 nonwhite people were booked. CU-CitizenAccess.org obtained years of…

Read more about the article Fentanyl-driven overdose deaths dropped in Illinois after 2022 peak

Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)

A bag of fentanyl pills. Image from the DEA website.

Fentanyl-driven overdose deaths dropped in Illinois after 2022 peak

Post author:Henry Young / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:November 4, 2024
Post category:Government Public Health

Deaths from opioid overdoses in Illinois are on the decline in 2024, showing a reversal after the record-high numbers seen in 2022. Drug prevention…

Read more about the article Dumpster, waste fires in Champaign more common this year; Campustown remains hot spot

Champaign Fire Department

Firefighters at the scene of one of the multiple-alarm fires that the Champaign Fire Department fought in the same night last spring. Photo provided by the Champaign Fire Department.

Dumpster, waste fires in Champaign more common this year; Campustown remains hot spot

Post author:Humza Qazi / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:October 30, 2024
Post category:Government

A multiple-alarm fire — a fire severe enough to necessitate additional resources — is rare for the Champaign Fire Department to encounter. But last…

Friend and supporter of CU-CitizenAccess.org passes away

Post author:CU-CitizenAccess.org
Post published:July 5, 2018
Post category:Article

Foreman, 65, was instrumental in the creation of CU-CitizenAccess.org, persuading the Marajen Stevick Foundation to fund the online newsroom with $50,000 that was matched with $100,000 by the James L. and John S. Knight Foundation community news grant.