Champaign County News

At approximately 1 a.m. on June 18, Thomas F. Loar, 45, of Pana, was arrested by Champaign County deputies on charges of Attempted 1st Degree Murder and Aggravated Domestic Battery which occurred in rural Shelby County.

This week's Most Wanted is 46-year old Terry Mabry. He's a black man, 5'7", 190 lbs., with black hair and brown eyes.

The DeKalb County Convention & Visitors Bureau is pleased to welcome the annual MS Bike: Tour de Farms event back to DeKalb County.

Depending on your browser settings, you may have to right click the link below and select "Save Link As..." or "Save Target As..."

According to Champaign County Coroner Duane Northrup, 54-year-old Michael S. Williams of Humboldt was pronounced dead Friday morning at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana.

More than 3,600 people live in Vermilion County but work in Champaign County, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

"Although it will be hard to beat the beautiful fairways of Pheasant Run, input from Corvette owning customers wanted more opportunity for socializing and driving events as part of the entire Corvette show experience.

The University of Illinois Extension Champaign County Master Gardeners will host their annual Garden Walk in Champaign and Urbana from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 22. The event will be held regardless of weather conditions.

Cortez Epinger spent a good deal of his 20s depressed. And when he was depressed, he didn't want to talk about why.

Champaign police said the U.S. Marshal's Service Fugitive Task Force found Qwantrell Ayres, 23, and Kevin I. Akins, 22, both of Champaign, in a hotel in Indianapolis Thursday morning.

More than seven years after it was formed, the Champaign Southwest Mass Transit District could vote Tuesday to ask the Champaign County board to let it go out of existence.

A Champaign County jury deliberated about 80 minutes, including taking time to eat lunch, before finding John Williamson, 29, guilty of the April 12, 2012, holdup of a Champaign man who was robbed of some of his casino winnings.

A Champaign man was sentenced Wednesday to a year of probation and six months in the county jail after pleading guilty to having cannabis for sale in his home.

A Champaign man on the lam for almost a year is back in custody and will be sent to prison shortly.

He also has the low-down on the weird restrictions on Illinois women voters at the time Mrs. Perkins and the 119 other female voters in Champaign owed their vote that day to the suffragists who campaigned for voting equality, and to 83 Illinois House members who voted 100 years ago this week - on June 11, 1913 - to give women a limited right to ... (more)

A jail-needs assessment study for Champaign County, originally scheduled to be unveiled in May, now will be delivered in September at an added cost to the county.

Police have stepped up patrols in the north and northwest sides of the city in the wake of five shootings over a four-day period.

Authorities haven't released many details about the suspects in all the shootings over the weekend.

Kelly and Jake Hubert learned nearly four years ago that their now-6-year-old daughter, Livia, has a rare, incurable genetic disorder called Sanfilippo syndrome.

A Rantoul man is being held at the Champaign County Jail on $50,000 bond following an incident over the weekend.