
Celebrating freedom and heritage: Nonprofit brings Black community together for Juneteenth
Children and adults marched through the streets of Urbana on Thursday to celebrate Juneteenth.
Children and adults marched through the streets of Urbana on Thursday to celebrate Juneteenth.
Several thousand protested the Trump administration at the rally outside the Champaign County Courthouse Saturday afternoon.
Demonstrators filled the block in front of the Champaign County Courthouse on Saturday to protest Donald Trump’s presidency and policies.
The General Consulate of Guatemala in Chicago partnered with the New American Welcome Center to bring its services to Urbana this weekend.
Williams is a banker and former Champaign County Treasurer. He will officially take office after the Urbana City Council meeting on May 5.
Williams will be sworn in on May 3. IPM’s Kimberly Schofield asked him what it means for him to be Urbana’s first Black mayor, how he hopes to bring the city together and why he plans to spend a lot of time with youth.
Urbana’s Market at the Square’s 2025 season will get underway Saturday.
Marlin said she hopes the city’s next mayor will “make decisions based on what is best for the community as a whole.”
Under the “mutual academic defense compact,” participating schools would share financial and legal resources in the face of any challenges from the federal government.
One year later, the campus’ political climate is in a much different place. For many students, their decision to speak out has taken a toll.
On Wednesday, the former Urbana-Lincoln and Landmark Hotel reopened as Hotel Royer, after years of delay. This is good news for Lincoln Square Mall.
International Transgender Day of Visibility always falls on March 31. This year, community members observed the day by holding a rally to protest anti-LGBTQ legislation and statements made by the Trump Administration.
Lincoln Square Mall, home of the Urbana Winter Farmers Market, is already a bustling place on Saturdays. This weekend, the vendors peddling their baked goods, house plants and arts and crafts, and the musicians bellowing from their saxophones and harmonicas, were joined by dozens of tables of railroadiana — railroad memorabilia.
Governor Pritzker urged Illinoisans to participate in “mass activism” and let Congress know they oppose the Trump administration’s cuts to food and agriculture programs.
Federal funding for Medicaid, the federal-state health insurance program that covers more than 70 million lower-income Americans, could be on the chopping block. Clinics that provide free or reduced-cost care to residents of east-central Illinois are preparing for the possibility that a need for their services will spike if Medicaid faces cuts.