RANTOUL — A village loan committee said it won’t consider a local company’s zero percent loan request until it cleans up its property and pays past-due utility bills owed to the village.
RANTOUL — Only incumbents, except for village clerk, had picked up nominating petitions to run for Rantoul village office as of Monday morning to run in the April 6 consolidated election.
FISHER — The Fisher school board approved its fiscal 2021 budget following a public hearing which no one attended.
ROYAL — The Prairieview-Ogden school board approved its FY21 budget that is $292,118 in the black.
RANTOUL — Police are searching for whomever fired multiple shots that struck a vehicle during the weekend.
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RANTOUL -- After 145 years, the Rantoul Press is ceasing publication with the Sept. 30 issue.
URBANA — A Rantoul woman told a Champaign County judge Friday that she felt coerced into performing oral sex on a paramedic in the back of an ambulance as she was being driven to a hospital.
URBANA — A 25-year-old Fisher man who said he’d been using drugs and alcohol since age 7 was sentenced Wednesday to 30 months of probation for two separate crimes.
URBANA — A Rantoul woman was sentenced to two years of second-chance probation after admitting she stole cash from her former employer.
RANTOUL — A Winter Warm-Up Program to raise $2,000 with a goal of clothing 100 underprivileged children is being held in Rantoul, and donations are needed.
RANTOUL — A Rantoul man has been issued a notice to appear in court for battery and assault after he allegedly harmed a 10-year-old girl Sunday at a local playground.
RANTOUL — A domestic violence awareness vigil in Rantoul is planned for 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6, in front of the Rantoul municipal building, 333 S. Tanner St.
The village of Rantoul Public Works Department will begin flushing water mains during the weeks of Sept. 27 and Oct. 4.
Sept. 23 — Country fried steak, mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables, Texas toast and fresh grapes.
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RANTOUL — A popular Rantoul restaurant that was damaged by fire last week was back open during the weekend.
RANTOUL — Tyler Wilson said his 12-year-old son is having to work well past his bedtime to get all of his school work done in the remote learning portion of the BlendEd education program.
RANTOUL — The Rantoul Township High School board has adopted a fiscal year 2021 budget with a $2 million surplus.
RANTOUL — Area residents will be able to multi-task — getting three jobs done the same day — at an event coming up this weekend.
LUDLOW — The village’s final copy of its revised code book should be in trustees’ hands prior to the village board’s October meeting.
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RANTOUL — A local church that has been meeting in the pastor’s home will begin sharing a church building.
RANTOUL — Police responded to a report of shots fired Friday evening in the 1200 block of East Grove Avenue.
URBANA — A man already in jail on three felony and two misdemeanor cases has been charged in the March holdup of an employee of a gambling café.
URBANA — A Rantoul woman who allegedly had cannabis plants growing in her home Thursday has been charged with possession of cannabis.
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RURAL RANTOUL — Cause and manner of death results of a male whose remains were found last Wednesday evening near Rantoul are pending additional testing, Rantoul police Sgt. Rodney Sullivan said Friday.
RANTOUL — One student and two Rantoul City Schools staff members have recently tested positive for COVID-19.
URBANA — An Urbana teenager who pleaded guilty to aggravated battery for his part in a Rantoul attempted drug-related robbery has been sentenced to nine months of probation.
URBANA — A Rantoul teen found in possession of a loaded gun and cannabis in July has been sentenced to five years of probation and 100 hours of public service.
RANTOUL -- For the second time in less than a week, fire damaged an unoccupied house trailer in Rantoul.
RANTOUL -- Two would-be robbers walked away from a Rantoul business without any money after they were thwarted by an employee Monday night.
RANTOUL — Longtime Rantoul Public Works Director Greg Hazel will retire this year, and the village has started a search for his replacement.
FISHER — The village of Fisher needs to find a new manager.
THOMASBORO — Commercial property owners will have to pay an additional monthly demand charge for both water and sewer service under two new ordinances the village board approved last week.
RANTOUL — Village elected officials will receive raises.
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“Oh, this helps a lot” was one teacher’s comment within an hour of the new air conditioning system being turned on last week at St. Malachy School in Rantoul when the temperatures were in the 80s.
RANTOUL — The annual Luke Remington I Made a Difference Cancer Walk in Rantoul will go on this fall but under a different format because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
RANTOUL — Police arrested a 63-year-old Rantoul woman Sunday afternoon after the car she was driving struck a tree and badly damaged the vehicle.
RANTOUL — The Air Force missile in Rantoul won’t end up on the scrap heap after all.
Rantoul has eight active cases of coronavirus as of Friday, up one from Wednesday. The village has had 285 cases total.
RANTOUL — Three bullets struck a residential building on Chanute Street Wednesday evening.
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RANTOUL — A Rantoul woman was arrested Wednesday evening for driving under the influence after her car struck a light pole and rolled over in the village.
RANTOUL — Police apprehended four teens Wednesday night who allegedly burglarized several vehicles in the community.
RANTOUL — Mayor Chuck Smith said he has received comments “from all over the United States” about the Air Force’s plan to dismantle the missile at the former Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul.
RANTOUL — Two Rantoul City Schools employees have tested positive for COVID-19.
URBANA - A Rantoul man who admitted he wrote bad checks at a store in Rantoul has been sentenced to 30 months in prison.
RANTOUL — Two Kankakee teens have been arrested in the attack on two Rantoul men in the front yard of one of the victims.
RANTOUL — The bicycle belonging to a missing Rantoul man was discovered Sunday morning, but an ensuing search of the area did not lead authorities to David J. Franklin.
RANTOUL -- Firefighters have termed a blaze that destroyed an abandoned trailer in Rantoul early Tuesday morning suspicious.
RANTOUL — The village board appears to be split on whether elected officials should receive pay raises beginning next year. The board will take up the issue at its Sept. 8 meeting.
RANTOUL — Bank of Rantoul and Denny and Anne Long have committed to gifts totaling $130,000 toward the under-construction Rantoul Family Sports Complex.
URBANA — It’s been nearly a year since Champaign County’s last residential electronics collection event, but a chance to get rid of all your old TVs, computers and phones is coming up soon.
FISHER — Fisher 4-Hers, including Cloverbuds, were able to exhibit their projects this year despite the Champaign County Fair being canceled due to the pandemic. The exhibits were presented virtually via slideshows photographs and videos.
