Urbana News Archives

Associated Press - April 29, 2008 12:54 PM ET URBANA, Ill. - Officially, Chief Illiniwek is gone, but a group of University of Illinois graduates who once portrayed the controversial mascot has selected a new ... via WQAD-TV Moline

URBANA – A Champaign man who admitted holding up two cab drivers this week to get money to buy cocaine is due back in court in July. via News-Gazette Technology Stories

“I guess it's an alert to parents that nothing is safe in a child's mouth”

The Consumer Product Safety Commission recalled a hip charm key chain. Now the Illinois Attorney General says something should have been done years ago. via IllinoisHomepage.net

The 10th annual Roger Ebert Film Festival began Wednesday without the main attraction -- Ebert himself.

The Chicago Sun-Times film critic couldn't attend because he's recovering from a broken hip. Ebert said the injury resulted when he recently tripped and fell.

"A broken hip adds to my tour of medical adventures. My current plan is to take it easy, obey the doctors orders, and start writing reviews again," Ebert wrote on his blog. "In the meantime, my heart will be in Urbana."

His wife, Chaz, kicked things off with an apology for holding the festival without the man it's named after. "I'm an Ebert, but I'm no Roger Ebert," she said. Read more

Two people have pleaded guilty to being part of a drug ring that moved crack cocaine from Chicago to Champaign-Urbana. Sasha Daley of Chicago and Kristopher Davis of South Holland pleaded guilty Monday in ... via Belleville News

The 2006 transgenic corn imaging research campaign has been greatly assisted through a cooperative effort with several Illinois growers who provided planting area and crop composition. via Recent EPA Catalog Records

“I am extremely pleased to be working with excellent organizations like QJIFA and Frasca International". "Frasca is very pleased to have been awarded this contract”

Frasca International, Inc. Urbana, IL, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract for a DA-42 Flight Training Device by Quindao Jiutian International Flight Academy , China, The FTD will also ... via Rotor.com

“If you could find a buyer who wants to buy a business that's not making money and that's got a 20 plus million dollar construction debt on it I'll sell a bridge also”

Champaign County board members want to iron out a plan to get more money rolling through the nursing home. via IllinoisHomepage.net

“The majority of that increase is to South Korea, reflecting the lack of export supply from China”

Urbana, IL-As some producers consider planting more rather than less corn in 2008, the issue may be whether lingering cold, wet conditions will limit corn acreage, said a University of Illinois Extension ... via Milling Journal

“It was a maximum inconvenience”

American Airlines said it expected to resume a normal schedule Sunday, ending a series of flight cancellations the airline was forced to make to inspect its MD-80 jetliners for compliance with federal safety ... via KCPQ

Central Illinois Bank , Champaign, Illinois, is pleased to announce that Ellen Reinhart has rejoined CIB as Vice President of Mortgage Lending, serving the Champaign-Urbana, Danville and Monticello areas. via Market Wire

“I'm a big fan of suits of armor, but not in a modern hotel”

The Historic Lincoln Hotel has a new owner with plans to restore the 128-room downtown hotel to prominence. via Hotel Online

“It is important for prospective vets to get to ask questions about careers and admissions”

Posted: 4/4/08 Section: News Media Credit: Josh Birnbaum Guests look at a great horned owl during the "Doodle for Animals" auction and banquet in April 2007 at the Round Barn Banquet Center in Champaign. via The Daily Illini

A former Unit Five teacher has been sentenced to 48 years in prison on eight counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of young girls. via WEEK-TV

A former elementary school teacher was sentenced today to 48 years in prison for sexually abusing eight of his students at an Urbana school. via Journal Star

“Projections for 2008 indicate that the differences between corn and soybeans may be even wider than in 2006 and 2007”

Urbana, IL-Corn appears to be more profitable than soybeans in 2008 by wider margins than in recent years, according to a new University of Illinois Extension study. via Milling Journal

A school official says a former teacher who sexually abused 10 students at elementary schools in Normal and Urbana was once suspended for viewing pornography in his classroom. via Belleville News

“Costs per bushel of corn in 2007 as compared to 2006 were higher for all geographic areas of the state except for the central region with the higher rated soils”

Urbana, IL-Costs to produce a bushel of corn were generally higher in 2007 than in 2006, and soybean costs were up in all areas of the state compared to 2006, according to a new University of Illinois Extension ... via Milling Journal