Parents fuming over planned changes to Urbana elementary school
Move would likely cause school redistricting for many elementary school students URBANA — At a committee meeting of community members and school administrators, the district superintendent unveiled a possible plan to turn Wiley Elementary school into a sixth grade center. This plan didn’t appeal to many community members. Wiley is closing its doors starting this […]
217 Today: COVID emergency declaration ends, along with many testing resources
Thursday, May 11, 2023 Today’s headlines: Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker isn’t pushing a laundry list of ethics reforms after last week’s convictions in the federal Commonwealth Edison bribery trial. Four teenagers are being charged with the murder of off-duty Chicago police officer Areanah Preston. A federal appeals court has affirmed the conviction of the leader of […]
As COVID emergency ends, Urbana’s last community testing site winds down
It was a quiet morning at the University of Illinois’ Campus Recreation Center East. Only a handful of people had dropped in for a COVID-19 test.
