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Brutal Cold Could Make For Fewer Bugs This Spring
While many of us hated the cold weather of the last three weeks, thee brutally cold weather DID provide a benefit we’ll see in the spring and summer.
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CUPHD To Offer Free Assistance With Medical Cannabis Applications
The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District is getting ready to offer help filling out applications for medical cannabis. That's because people are getting ripped off, according to Public Health administrator Julie Pryde.
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Mayor Says Urbana Will Have To Cut $2.5 Million Over Five Years
The Mayor of Urbana says the city has some tough financial decisions to make in the coming years.
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Danville Native Jerry Van Dyke, ‘Coach’ Star And Brother Of Dick, Dies At 86
Jerry Van Dyke, the younger brother of Dick Van Dyke who struggled for decades to achieve his own stardom before clicking as the dim-witted sidekick in television's "Coach," died Friday in Arkansas, according to his manager. The Danville native was 86.
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The New Year Rings In With ‘Fire And Fury.’ It Might Mean A Consequential 2018
So, 2018 picked up where 2017 left off with eye-popping palace intrigue mixed with the widening net of the Department of Justice's Russia investigation. The week's highlights included tabloidlike, tell-all details from the new book Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House with explosive on-the-record and blind quotes from White House insiders.
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New Township Assessor In Urbana Backs Off From Controversial Hire
Wayne Williams, the new township assessor in Urbana, says that Joe Meents, the controversial deputy he hired this week will leave by the end of the month. Williams says a new committee will now oversee his office’s hiring process --- and that two longtime employees he fired this week will be welcome to re-apply.
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As He Retires, NPR’s Robert Siegel Reflects On 40+ Years With The Network
After 30 years of hosting All Things Considered, and more than 40 years at NPR, Robert Siegel is retiring. Friday is his final day on-the-air.
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Estate Sues Champaign County Nursing Home
The family of a Champaign County Nursing Home resident found dead on the nursing home grounds on a hot summer day is suing the facility.
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Private Schools Attract $36 Million Via Tax Credit Program
Beginning this week, people and corporations donating up to $1.3 million for private school scholarships can get a 75 percent credit toward their state income tax. This was a controversial but bipartisan concept, adopted last summer to help forge a compromise in a big overhaul of Illinois' school funding plan. Such programs have taken off in other states, but it’s off to a slower start here.
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Davis Bill To Help Rural IL With FEMA Disaster Aid Sees Progress
For years, Illinois 13th District Congressman Rodney Davis has been trying to get legislation passed that give local governments in rural Illinois a better shot at disaster aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA. Now, the Taylorville Republican says he may finally have his chance.