GIFFORD — Rantoul FFA will host its annual ag expo Tuesday, April 23, at Gordyville USA, rural Gifford.
For the first time this decade, Champaign County has fewer people than it did the year before. But the slight drop is nothing compared to the population plummets elsewhere in Illinois.
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GIFFORD — Tickets for Tuesday night’s Kickin’ Cancer Dinner & Auction were approaching sellout status in January, with less than 50 available.
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RANTOUL — Midwest Prep Academy, which has operated the past two years in Rantoul, will not return for a third year.
RANTOUL — A man armed with a knife robbed a Rantoul convenience story early Tuesday morning, making off with an undisclosed amount of cash.
URBANA — A Ludlow man has been sentenced to more than a decade in prison after pleading guilty for the second time to sexually abusing a child.
By DEBRA RAWLINGS
POTOMAC — The Middlefork Seeders and Weeders garden club will hold its annual spring flower sale from 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, May 4, at the butterfly garden in Potomac.
By CAROL THILMONY
THOMASBORO — Thomasboro Village trustees have agreed to cast a broader net in the effort to hire a water treatment manager.
RANTOUL — Rantoul Business Center will be the setting for a program presented by representatives from State Treasurer Michael Frerichs’ office who will talk about the Secure Choice Retirement Program at a Rantoul Area Chamber of Commerce Lunch and Learn at 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, April 26.
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PAXTON — A handful of members of Upper Room Bible Church stood in the small gym of what was then known as West Lawn Community Center at 425 W. Orleans St. and listened to the auctioneer’s chant.
PAXTON - Four people were injured in a two-vehicle crash that closed Interstate 57 for five hours Saturday evening.
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RANTOUL — If you build it they will come.
RANTOUL — The CORE Group will hold its annual Easter Egg Hunt at noon Saturday, April 20, at the south end of Wabash Park, Rantoul.
RANTOUL — Debbie Sleigh sat in the back of the Rantoul Village Board meeting room and breathed a sigh of relief.
CHAMPAIGN — A prospective rural Ludlow solar site was not included in an Illinois Power Agency lottery Wednesday.
The News-Gazette will publish its annual Summer Fun Guide — a calendar of fairs, plays, concerts, outdoor movie nights, etc. — on May 15.
POTOMAC — Little league season is upon us, and with it comes some announcements from Middlefork Youth Sports.
URBANA — The Champaign County Board has already turned over the keys to the former Champaign County Nursing Home to its new owners.
PAXTON — A former special agent for the Illinois State Police who has had multiple run-ins with the law in recent years was convicted Tuesday of felony disorderly conduct for calling 911 and falsely reporting that someone was coming to his home to physically assault him.
URBANA — An Arkansas man who showed up at his pretrial hearing Tuesday on weapons charges was arrested so he could post bond legitimately.
FISHER — Fisher Grade School held its sixth annual food drive for the Fisher Area Food Pantry during the week of March 11-15.
RANTOUL — Directing young people in theatrical presentations is hard work, theater veteran Jessica Holmes said. But the payoff comes on show night.
RANTOUL — Concerns about the appearance of items left next to bins to collect clothes on Rantoul’s east side will soon be alleviated.
LUDLOW — A public hearing will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, at which members of the community may voice their opinions on a proposed water main/pump house replacement project.
RANTOUL — Two of three loan applications were recommended for approval by two village committees last week.
THOMASBORO — The 2019-2020 budget approved by the Thomasboro village board at the April 1 regular meeting is “very similar” to the previous budget, Village Treasurer Leon Albers said.
RANTOUL — Rantoul Township High School will hold an innovative convocation, hosting all the schools in the 10-member Illini Prairie Conference.
RANTOUL — An Easter Eggstravaganza will be held Saturday, April 13, at Rantoul Public Library.
RANTOUL — Greater New Light Missionary Baptist Church will host a Good Friday service at 7 p.m. Friday, April 19.
April 10 — Chicken pot pie, creamy cole slaw, whole grain biscuits and warm chunky applesauce.
CHAMPAIGN — Champaign County Crime Stoppers officials say their recent gun bounty program led to 10 recovered firearms and four suspects taken off the streets.
RANTOUL — Police have arrested a 16-year-old Rantoul resident for allegedly firing a handgun at an east-side home Saturday morning.
FISHER — Country music performer Mark Chesnutt will headline the 2019 Fisher Community Fair with Drew Baldridge and Feudin’ Hillbillys on July 12.
RANTOUL — Rantoul police are investigating reports of shots being fired on the east side of the village late Saturday morning, but no one apparently injured.
The Illinois Department of Transportation will begin pavement patching on portions of Interstate 57 and Interstate 72 beginning Monday, April 8.
RANTOUL — The village of Rantoul would pay $285,000 total for three properties on the community’s north side that have been plagued with flooding problems.
Former Rantoul village trustee Gary Wilson, who mounted an unsuccessful run for mayor two years ago, was returned to the village board Tuesday night.
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RANTOUL — Officer Jerry King spoke to the assembled multitude at The Linden Banquet Center about life as a police officer. Much of the time, his son, Raylan, showed the cranky side of a 2-year-old who was in need of a nap.
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A longtime former Rantoul Township High School ag teacher will receive the University of Illinois College of ACES’ most prestigious award for his work in the education field in this country and for helping people in need overseas.
GIFFORD — Organizers of last year’s Coaches vs. Cancer fundraiser held at Gordyville USA featuring Illini men’s basketball coach Brad Underwood were so pleased with the results, they are holding it there again.
RANTOUL — Artist Madelyn Witruk has been commissioned to draw downtown Rantoul’s first mural. The “canvas” is the west side of the Lindsey Lane Bridal store at the corner of Sangamon Avenue and Garrard Street.
By ANGIE WALSH
FISHER — Fisher students of all ages have been reading books so they can choose their favorites.
RANTOUL — To support Rantoul Public Library and its efforts to install a new roof, HMS Hotspur is hosting a silent auction that is running until 6 p.m. Friday, April 5.
FISHER — Members of the Fantastic 4-Hers of Fisher hit the ice with members of the Sadorus All Star 4-H club.
April 3 — Brat sandwich, corn, broccoli and cauliflower, bun and fruit salad.
In an article in last week’s edition regarding the 65th anniversary of Bible Baptist Church, an incorrect date was given.
RANTOUL -- A problem with a fireplace heater was pinpointed as the cause of a Sunday morning fire that gutted an east-side Rantoul home.It was one of four fire calls to which Rantoul firefighters responded Saturday night/Sunday morning. Gifford and Thomasboro firefighters also responded to t…
URBANA — Two Rantoul men were arrested Friday afternoon by Illinois State Police for allegedly having cannabis and Ecstasy in a car on Interstate 57.