Champaign

There will be more going on in C-U the first weekend of May than just a marathon—kids will be selling lemonade.  Lots of lemonade.

The kids are alright.

U of I grad student John O’Connor captured Champaign mayor Jerry Schweighart’s Birther moment, and he explains the context of his clip (130,000 views and counting).

Documents obtained through a FOIA request shed a disturbing new light on the 2008 arrest of an off-duty Champaign detective.

That big hole on corner of Springfield and 2nd doesn’t just look like hell.

Mission accomplished.

We’re posting all the information we can find concerning the Kiwane Carrington incident on a new site. Check it out.

On October 9th, our community experienced a fundamental shift when 15 year-old Kiwane Carrington was killed by a police bullet.

High-speed rail has been in the news for months now, but how much do you really know about it? In Part One of a three-part series, Ryan looks at the background of HSR.