Champaign residents call for city council member resignation amid controversy
Some Champaign residents called this week for two city council members to resign following comments they made at a meeting earlier this month. The demands for council members Alicia Beck and Michael Foellmer to step down stemmed from an exchange Beck had with two local residents at the council’s Feb. 15 meeting. The Champaign residents, […]
Winter Weather Advisory: Thursday noon-Friday 6am
Illinois Public Media News is monitoring a winter storm that the National Weather Service in Central Illinois expects to bring snow to East Central Illinois. We will update this post with the latest forecast information. Updated Thursday at 1:30 p.m. Updated Thursday at 12:20 p.m. Updated Thursday at 6:00 a.m. Winter weather advisory begins today […]
217 Today: Parents seek breast milk of vaccinated mothers to protect children against COVID-19
Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022 Today’s headlines: Some Champaign residents are calling on two of their city council members to resign after tensions at last week’s council meeting. Another round of wintry weather is moving through Central Illinois. But, meteorologist Andrew Pritchard is expecting less snow than the last 2 systems. The University of Illinois is […]
University of Illinois calls police on grad students protesting to keep mask requirements
CHAMPAIGN – The University of Illinois called police on a small graduate student worker protest on Wednesday and is threatening to suspend one or more participants. The Graduate Employees Organization (GEO) held the protest, in opposition to administration plans to relax campus-wide mask requirements. The university alleges one or more protesters kicked and shoved someone […]
