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More Layoffs At Western Illinois University
WIU President Jack Thomas has announced layoffs of around 110 additional non-faculty personnel, as the school in Macomb continues to grapple with the state budget stalemate.
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Champaign Central High School On Preservation Group’s Endangered Building List
Champaign Central High School and other nearby neighborhood properties are on this year's list of endangered historic sites from the group Landmarks Illinois.
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‘Gothic Romance’ Opens 18th Ebertfest
The late film critic Roger Ebert once hailed filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro as the most challenging in fantasy films, because he invents from scratch. Del Toro brought 2015's "Crimson Peak" which he calls a 'gothic romance', to Champaign's Virginia Theatre to open the 18th Annual Roger Ebert's Film Festival Wednesday.
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Champaign Fires Officer Matt Rush A Second Time
The city of Champaign Wednesday released two letters citing internal investigations regarding Officer Matt Rush. One cites Rush's 'disciplinary history and judgment in crisis situations', while the other documents the officer's alleged behavior in a local bar in late February. He's been the subject of four excessive force lawsuits, three of them resulting in $320-thousand in settlements.
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Roger Ebert Fellows Preview Ebertfest 2016
Roger Ebert Fellows Riane Lenzner-White, Shalayne Pulia, and Ashish Valentine preview the 2016 Ebertfest line-up, what they're excited to see, and what to expect at the festival.
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Champaign’s McIntosh Resigning From District 3 Council Seat
Vic McIntosh, who served from 1998-2009 and 2012 to present, says he's moving to unincorporated Urbana. It's the council's second resignation in recent weeks. McIntosh held off on this announcement earlier this year, after learning that Marci Dodds was resigning her seat in District 4.
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Illini Baseball Tops ISU 7-1
The victory started a stretch of ten out of eleven games at home for the Illini.
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Governor, Legislative Leaders Meet For the First Time This Year
Illinois' top legislators and the governor met Tuesday for the first time this year. There's no indication it led to any resolution of the state's prolonged budget stalemate.
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Community Coalition Introduces ‘C-U Fresh Start’ Anti-Violence Plan
The Champaign and Urbana city councils heard the proposal at study sessions Monday and Tuesday.
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CPS Head, Legislator, Blast Governor’s School Funding Plan
Lawmakers got a look at Governor Bruce Rauner's school funding proposal Tuesday. Rep. Christian Mitchell (D-Chicago) and Forrest Claypool, the head of Chicago Public Schools says the plan is a continuation of a "reverse Robin Hood'' education policy where rich districts get more and poor districts get less.