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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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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Concerned about the number of stalking cases on campus, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign held a Stalking Prevention and Response Summit
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A steadily increasing number of security cameras have been used to solve hundreds of investigations on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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On average, the Methodist Medical Center Of Illinois in Peoria charges $26,892.08 for a procedure known as a mastectomy, a total breast removal — but
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A train passes through Champaign County every fifteen minutes, many of which carry flammable, corrosive and hazardous materials. The recent disas
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Despite years of pledges and efforts to bring racial diversity to their departments, only 31 of 203 employees — or 15% — at the Champaign and Urbana
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Most employees of the Champaign and Urbana police departments live outside the cities they serve, even when lucrative bonuses are offered, records sh
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After a routine inspection, only 10 restaurants were closed due to non-compliance with safety regulations and 116 restaurants received food safety al
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As the COVID-19 pandemic emergency measures ended this month, Champaign County had reported 325 COVID-related deaths from 86,946 cases over the past
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