Among the most trending topics locals discussed on Facebook and Twitter were the highest rate of COVID-19 vaccination in Illinois, the first UK varia
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Black persons were booked at the Champaign County jail at least one and half times more than white persons over an eight-year period, according to a
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Before University of Illinois students were sent home in mid-March due to coronavirus, there were at least 183 crimes in Champaign-Urbana reported di
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The first on-street reactions of the Champaign-Urbana community on the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis were reported on local Facebook groups o
Read MoreFollowing the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police on May 25, protesters gathered at the Market Place Mall on May 31, and 26 people were sub
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As the coronavirus outbreak hit Illinois, many county jails lacked a standard cell needed to isolate infected inmates who had a respiratory illness,
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On November 30, 2015, Toya Frazier was transferred to the Satellite Jail in Champaign County after turning herself in for theft at the courthouse
Read MoreCHAMPAIGN – The wife of a man accused of kidnapping and killing an international student from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign last year ha
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Conversations around gun violence often revolve around long-term solutions, like improving schools or the local economy. But even if those things wer
Read MoreFor many families and young adults living in Peoria’s South Side, gun violence is too often a part of life and something they’ve been fighting against
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