Urbana News

Rick's Bakery Cafe plans to open in the former Amano's Pizza space at 2018 S. Philo Road, U. The location is south of Dollar General and north of Dr.

He had already doused his own home with gasoline, driven to Schneider-National trucking in Edwardsville around 2 a.m. and slammed an 18-wheeler through a warehouse.

Pat Connolly, the Urbana police chief, sits in his office in Urbana in September 2010, 2010.

26. - The final phase of the John Street Drainage Improvement Project means the extension of a storm sewer along John Street from Prospect Avenue to the Daniel Street and Willis Avenue intersection.

The owner of the McKinley Family YMCA building on Church Street says he plans to open a fitness center there once the Champaign County YMCA moves out.

Elizabeth Marie Rieuf and Justin Tanner Pogue, both of Urbana, were married at 4 p.m. Oct.

Plans for a $12 million Center for Wounded Veterans in Higher Education were announced Thursday by Gov.

A University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign law professor is asking Gov. Pat Quinn to stop the area's "unofficial" St.

A house fire Wednesday night on Urbana's northeast side is under investigation by the MABAS fire investigation team.

Former state Sen. Rick Winkel of Urbana announced Wednesday that he is withdrawing from the race for Champaign County circuit court clerk.

This morning's patchy freezing drizzle, combined with a light dusting of snow, caused a St.

Champaign County Board members voted 16-6 Tuesday night to issue a request for proposals to hire a consultant to study the county's correctional needs and to begin preliminary planning for a jail.

"Fewer than 10" jobs will be eliminated at Supervalu's facilities in Champaign-Urbana as a result of plans to cut 800 positions nationally, company spokesman Mike Siemienas said.

An Urbana man with a history of violence has been sentenced to the maximum prison term he could receive for his latest and most serious conviction.

A Champaign man accused of touching a girl under the age of 13 for his own sexual gratification is due back in court with his own attorney later this month.

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A new graduated withholding rate could help several hundred University of Illinois graduate assistants who are taxed on their tuition waivers, the UI says.

In a few weeks, the city will submit its action plan to the authors of 'Let's Move.' It shows childhood obesity has tripled among children ages 6 to 11 since 1980.

Sonja Gardner, a Cray, inc. employee, pulls some of the 9000 cables through the first bank of racks that will make up the Blue Waters computer at the University of Illinois in Champaign on Monday Jan.

An autopsy conducted over the weekend indicates an Urbana man killed in a single-vehicle crash in rural Sidney on Friday night died from multiple traumatic injuries.