URBANA — A Rantoul teen who admitted he possessed a gun two months ago has been sentenced to two years in prison.
URBANA — A 31-year-old Rantoul man who allegedly had sex with a teen-age girl on more than one occasion is due back in court next week for a probable cause hearing.
State Sen. Scott Bennett, D-Champaign, will host a town hall meeting in Rantoul next week.
URBANA — A Rantoul woman who allegedly took part in breaking into a home in that village and threatening its residents is in police custody.
URBANA — An Urbana man who allegedly forced his way into the home of a former girlfriend and attacked her current beau is being held in the Champaign County Jail on Class X felony charges.
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RANTOUL — A Rantoul apartment building sustained an estimated $35,000 damage by fire Wednesday morning.
GIFFORD – Recreational cannabis sales will not be permitted in the village, board trustees voted Thursday.
Cannabis businesses may be banned from Rantoul after a village board vote on a proposed ordinance at the Nov. 12 village board meeting.
Deteriorating structures and inoperable vehicles are an ongoing frustration for Thomasboro officials and residents.
FISHER — The Fantastic 4-Hers of Fisher elected officrs at their October meeting.
RANTOUL — Northview Elementary students, Rantoul, recently participated in the International Walk to School Day — a global event that involves communities from more than 40 countries walking and biking to school on the same day.
RANTOUL — The Champaign County Regional Planning Commission (RPC) is bringing the Low-Income Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) directly to Rantoul residents.
RANTOUL — The Rantoul Ministerial Coop will hold its annual community Thanksgiving service at 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10, at Rantoul Church of the Nazarene.
RANTOUL — The Rantoul Fire Department is in the process of implementing a new training program called “Target Solution.”
RANTOUL — Author Hena Khan frequently had her nose in a book as a child. Her favorite work was “Little Women.”
The Armstrong High School art class was recently “tricked” (surprised) and “treated” by a variety of reptiles on Halloween.
RANTOUL — Now there are more opportunities for people wishing to mentor a young child through the Big Brothers Big Sisters program.
GIFFORD —The Gifford Grade School kindergarten took top honors in last week's Great Pumpkin Drop.
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RANTOUL — Kevin Applebee was on a golf cart preparing to head over to watch some of the World Championship Punkin Chunkin competition when he got a call.
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RANTOUL — DeMario Harrington gave a resounding, “Yeah!” when asked if he would like to be an artist when he grows up.
RANTOUL — An informational meeting will be held prior to the Tuesday, Nov. 12, regular meeting of the Rantoul Village Board regarding the Safe Routes to School project at Northview Elementary.
FISHER — A blood drive will be held Thursday, Nov. 7, at River Valley Church fellowship hall, Fisher.
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RANTOUL — Todd Horton of Philo saw his first punkin chunkin competition in 2006 in Morton, the pumpkin capital of the world.
RANTOUL — Rantoul Area Chamber of Commerce will host its annual banquet at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8, at The Linden Banquet Center.
RANTOUL — Several Rantoul Township High School choral events are on tap in the coming weeks.
“Kitchen Witches,” a comedy by Caroline Smith, will wrap up its run this weekend at Market Street Theatre in Paxton.
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URBANA — It’s been 24 years since a man who was about to spray some weeds in a farm ditch southwest of Thomasboro found a human bone and clothing, which led to the discovery of almost an entire female skeleton.
URBANA — A Rantoul man who admitted he robbed a man outside a Rantoul motel in September has been sentenced to probation and public service.
The threat of inclement weather has prompted the villages of Ludlow and Fisher to change their trick-or-treat day from Thursday evening to Friday evening.
RANTOUL — Rantoul Public Library will host “write-ins” for aspiring writers four straight Fridays, Nov. 1, 8, 15 and 22.
LUDLOW — Honor roll and perfect attendance have been announced for the first quarter grading period at Ludlow Grade School.
POTOMAC — Potomac Grade School will host a Breakfast with the Brave from 7:45-8:10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 8, at the school.
RANTOUL — First quarter honor roll for the 2019-20 school has been released at St. Malachy School.
Area communities have set trick-or-treat hours for Thursday, Oct. 31.
RANTOUL — One applicant for a village microloan was approved, and a second one denied by the village microloan committee.
FISHER — The Fisher school board has named its newest principal. But Jake Palmer won’t start the job until next summer.
THOMASBORO– Every day, Mary Borchardt would sit in front of her classroom in a directors’ chair and unleash a series of questions upon her fifth- through eighth-graders about the previous night’s news.
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RANTOUL — Doug Diefenbach and his pumpkin-slinging crew from the Morton area were glad to hear the World Championship Punkin Chunkin event would move this year from Delaware to Rantoul.
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RANTOUL — The village has seen this movie before. This time, maybe the ending will be different.
URBANA — Champaign County authorities say they have new information about the remains of an unidentified woman found in a rural area northwest of Thomasboro in 1995.
OSMAN — Osman Immanuel Lutheran Church will be preparing a benefit soup supper for Megan Thompson of Monticello.
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RANTOUL — A great many people lost their “second mother” this week with the death of Pauline Poremba of Rantoul.
URBANA — A Rantoul woman with a lengthy criminal history was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison for stealing from a co-worker.
GIBSON CITY — A funeral director in Gibson City accused of stealing more than $60,000 from her previous employer pleaded not guilty Wednesday to one count of felony theft.
THOMASBORO — Thomasboro firefighters will have their semi-annual pancake and sausage breakfast from 8 a.m. to noon Sunday, Nov. 3, at the firehouse.
ROYAL — Prairieview-Ogden schools will receive a new phone system, and one of its schools will likely receive a partial new roof.
POTOMAC —The Armstrong-Township High School student council will hold a fall party open to local school children from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, at the school.
PAXTON — An elderly man from Texas was killed Wednesday morning when his car left the road and struck a guardrail on Interstate 57 south of Paxton.
URBANA — A Rantoul man who admitted he tried to strangle a woman he was dating a year ago has been sentenced to three years in prison.
URBANA — A Rantoul man wanted for allegedly sexually molesting two young girls earlier this year is in police custody.
RANTOUL — The Holiday Bureau, a community-wide project made possible by local voluntary donations, is again being sponsored by the Community Service Center of Northern Champaign County.
