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Those wanting to watch the solar eclipse in Champaign-Urbana today will have to deal with some cloud cover and maybe some thunderstorms.

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The Asian carp captured this summer near the southern tip of Lake Michigan -- triggering a scare -- apparently slipped past electric barriers.

Officials announced Friday that an autopsy of the 4-year-old fish showed that it originated in the Illinois/Middle Mississippi watershed, spending about a year in the Des Plaines River area.

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Steve Bannon has lost his job as chief White House strategist. The White House described the departure as a mutual agreement between Bannon and chief of staff John Kelly.

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Since last weekend's events in Charlottesville, Virginia – politicians and everyday people across Illinois have spoken out against the violence and hateful rhetoric.

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A pioneer on the University of Illinois Urbana campus passed away last week. Barbara Yates was the first director of the Women and Gender in Global Perspectives program from 1980-1985.

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A Champaign police officer will not face criminal charges stemming from a June 11th shooting that injured a 22-year old man.

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Taste of Champaign-Urbana happens this weekend in Champaign. The annual event hosted by the Champaign Park District is in its 47th year.

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Prairie Center and Rosecrance hope to merge by January 1, 2018

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The entire Illinois House of Representatives stood in unison yesterday to show they didn't like the way CPS was depicted in a political cartoon. Published by the conservative Illinois Policy Institute, this cartoon showed a black child holds a sign begging for school funding.

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University of Illinois administrators are condemning the “hate-filled violence” in Charlottesville, Virginia last weekend. The statement is signed by U of I President Tim Killeen and the chancellors of the three university campuses.