UI Classes Canceled for Wednesday, County Road Crews Stop Plowing

For only the third time in 30-plus years, the University of Illinois has canceled classes on the Urbana campus.

The decision Tuesday night for the Wednesday class schedule comes amid a severe winter storm that has dropped several inches of sleet and snow on east-central Illinois by late Tuesday evening. Wind and visibility conditions have deteriorated in rural parts of Champaign County enough for the Emergency Operations Center to pull county highway crews off rural roadways starting at 11pm. EOC spokesman Rick Atterbury said plowing should resume at daybreak.

Even though U of I classes are canceled for Wednesday, the University says the campus will remain officially open. Employees who don't know whether they should report to work should consult their supervisor or University policy on essential employees.