Repairs Almost Done On Lorado Taft’s Black Hawk Statue
The restoration project for a northern Illinois landmark known as the Black Hawk statue is near completion after funding and weather-related delays.
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Griffin Scores 15 To Lead Illinois Over Old Dominion 69-55
Alan Griffin scored 15 points and Ayo Dosunmu added 14 and Illinois beat Old Dominion 69-55. Seven-foot freshman center Kofi Cockburn scored 11 points and grabbed nine rebounds for Illinois (8-3), narrowly missing his seventh double-double.
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Three Legionnaires Disease Cases Treated At Chicago Area Hospital
State health officials are investigating whether three cases of Legionnaires' disease are linked to a suburban Chicago hospital.
WIU Board Opts for Presidential Search Rather Than Appointment
The Western Illinois University Board of Trustees deadlocked on appointing interim president Dr. Martin Abraham as the university's 12th president. Instead, the board voted to form a search committee to find a successor to Jack Thomas, who stepped down earlier this year.
Champaign Unit 4 Officials Propose Swapping Elementary School Campuses
At a Unit 4 Board of Education meeting Monday night, the district’s superintendent, Susan Zola, suggested moving the International Prep Academy, a kindergarten through fifth grade bilingual program, to building now housing Garden Hills Elementary, a majority black school in north Champaign with more than 200 open seats.