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For one east Urbana neighborhood, the Christmas season means more than time with family and exchanging gifts. There’s also a sense of pride up and down the street when it comes to showing off holiday spirit on the front lawn, the porch - and maybe even the roof. Candlestick Lane started in 1963, brought on by a utility company's decorating contest, and is still a local attraction 53 years later.
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Former University of Illinois Urbana Chancellor Phyllis Wise, who has been a professor in the Department of Moecular and Integrative Physiology in past year, is reportedly leaving the campus to take a leadership position with the Colorado Longitudinal Study, a biotechnology reserach project.
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The largest college on the University of Illinois Urbana campus will have a new dean, as of January First.
The university announced Thursday that associate dean Feng Sheng Hu had been named the new permanent dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, pending approval by trustees.
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Illinois Public Media's Brian Moline spoke with Lisa Micele, college and careers counselor at University Laboratory High School in Urbana, about current and next steps for students and their families going through the college admission process.
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How do affected landowners feel about the GLBR project? Susan Stephens talks with property owners who would be affected along the proposed route in part four of Down the Line.
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In his final public address, outgong United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon told a crowd of 1,400 at the SIU Student Center in Carbondale what he has learned in his 10 years in the office and what he'd like to pass on.
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Illini seniors Malcolm Hill and Maverick Morgan finish their college careers unbeaten in the annual series with the Missouri Tigers. Illinois finishes the non-conference season with a record of 10-3.
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President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to repeal the federal law known as Obamacare. A group representing Illinois hospitals is warning that doing so without a replacement plan could have dire consequences. The Illinois Hospital Association says about 1-million people have gained health coverage through the Affordable Care Act - that's how many would be at risk of losing coverage without a replacement plan.
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Volunteers in Champaign-Urbana and Hoopeston are gearing up to serve free dinners on Christmas Day, to anyone who wants to come. Both events are asking people to make their reservations by Thursday.
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In part three of this in-depth series, before a company like Great Lakes Basin can build a railroad, it needs land. And since much of that land is privately owned, the firm needs a way to buy it. How can a company like Great Lakes Basin Transportation convince people to sell their land when it's needed for their project?
