CHAMPAIGN, Ill. a ' Schools across central Illinois are closed and police are handling dozens of accidents as snow continues to fall.

Residents of Champaign and Coles counties will be trained to help out emergency responders, thanks to state grants.

CHAMPAIGN – 'Penny for Your Thoughts' host Jim Turpin has won The News-Gazette's Publisher's Award, given for a career of commitment and contribution to the company.

The News-Gazette, Champaign's daily newspaper, has this story suggesting that Richard Whitney will do well in this year's Illinois gubernatorial election.

According to a press release from the Champaign Community Unit School District four, they were issued $86.7 million in school building bonds Feb.

CHAMPAIGN – Three-time American Music Award winners Daughtry will bring their 2010 North American Tour to the University of Illinois Assembly Hall.

A central Illinois coroner says a man found dead in an apartment trash chute died accidentally.

A black BMW waits to be towed after colliding with a silver Toyota at the intersection of 3rd and Green on Friday, February 5, 2009.

While the University may hold its own in enrollment figures against other Big Ten universities, the student governmenta TMs budget is a different story.

CHAMPAIGN – Artist Jason Patterson, who is biracial, says he has encountered in his life only two minor incidents of racism or prejudice.

DANVILLE – The Danville Y-Teens, in collaboration with the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.

CHAMPAIGN – Two men were treated and released from an area hospital following a rollover crash early Tuesday.

CHAMPAIGN – The Jeremy Camp concert at the University of Illinois Assembly Hall in Champaign that had been rescheduled for April 30, 2010 has been cancelled because of routing issues.

URBANA – A Champaign teen is due back in court next month after being charged with punching an Urbana man in the face Friday.

URBANA – A Champaign teen on probation for burglary has been charged with residential burglary.

CHAMPAIGN – Rock-bottom temperatures, overcast skies, post-holiday bills: Is it any wonder this part of winter can leave people feeling kind of blue? 'I know I've got less energy than I normally have,' says Angela Reinhart, a family life educator at the University of Illinois Extension.

CHAMPAIGN – Crimestoppers and Champaign police are asking for help solving a robbery in north Champaign.

SIDNEY – In the final special meeting before a referendum Tuesday, Sidney officials called in a representative of Champaign County Public Health to help them make the case for a new sanitary sewer system.

URBANA – A Champaign man is due back in court in March after being charged with possession of a stolen vehicle.

CHAMPAIGN – Those who regularly find parking on State Street should not be concerned about 54 spaces proposed for removal this summer to make way for new bike lanes, a city official said this week – reports show there's plenty of road for everyone.