Joe Petry, a clinical professor of economics who once ran for mayor of Champaign, has been placed on administrative leave by the University of Illinois, pending results of an investigation.

Champaign City Council Member at large Deb Frank Feinen has secured 41 percent of the vote over incumbent Mayor Don Gerard's 31 percent.

WILL's one-hour program featuring all four Champaign mayoral candidates airs again on Monday, April 6 at 8 PM on AM 590. Listen to the candidates' extended interviews here.

Requiring only a simple majority, three Champaign Park Board commissioners rejected the plan for a land swap with the school district to place a new Central High School in Dodds Park. 

The Champaign Park District Board could vote in two weeks on whether to continue talks on a proposed land swap with Champaign Unit 4 schools, enabling for a Central High School in Dodds Park.