59+ min ago   (555+ words) The Champaign County Historical Archives at The Urbana Free Library is pleased to announce a grant award to digitize significant local history materials. The library recently received a $5,000 award from the Illinois State Historical Records Advisory Board to support the…...

6+ hour, 16+ min ago   (1711+ words) We’re up to 563 special guests who’ve appeared on the GTPS Insurance-powered ‘News-Gazette Radio’ through its first 36 weeks. Here’s just a small sampling of what was said during recent episodes on WDWS 1400-AM and WSOY 1340-AM. Illini men’s basketball Coach Brad…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (179+ words) Congratulations to our People's Choice winners. Dr. Jodi Albert & Associates Nieto Hauling and Disposal Ooh La La Pet Spaw Christie Clinic Illinois Race Weekend Shimmer and Sheek Boutique Douglas County Autism Tribe Falcon Equipment & Supply Company First Line Urgent Care…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (220+ words) The News-Gazette Mickensey Ellis-White, board president of the Veterans Assistance Commission of Vermilion County, cuts the ribbon on the commission's new office inside the Joseph G. Cannon Building, 201 N. Vermilion St., Danville, for a fresh start in meeting veterans' needs. She was…...

3+ day, 4+ min ago   (376+ words) Danelle LaFoe has taught at Next Generation Preschool for the last 26 years. Submitted Danelle LaFoe’s first inkling that she’d like to become a teacher came as a 14-year-old, when she babysat neighborhood kids. After earning her associate degree in early-childhood…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1445+ words) From left, Champaign police Deputy Chief and current Champaign County Crime Stoppers Coordinator Greg Manzana, Crime Stoppers founder and original Coordinator John Gnagey, former Coordinator Geoff Coon, President John Hecker and former Coordinator Troy Daniels visited The News-Gazette and WDWS…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (355+ words) DANVILLE — A year after being dismissed as Danville’s superintendent, Alicia Geddis has filed a lawsuit against the school district in federal court in Urbana. Geddis is seeking unspecified damages for breach of contract, reputational harm, interference by two school board…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (448+ words) Congratulations to our People's Choice winners. More pictures to come soon. Deb Reardanz, the CEO of ClarkLindsey, holds up the facility’s 2026 People’s Choice award medallion Wednesday evening during the awards banquet at Riggs Beer Company, Urbana. In The News-Gazette’s annual…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (611+ words) Orange-clad new UI students gathered at Gies Memorial Stadium for the annual "Sights and Sounds" event just before the start of the semester. CHAMPAIGN — Shifts in international recruitment and a growing online graduate student population have resulted in changes on…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (211+ words) URBANA — Four people were charged with unlawful possession of a weapon in separate cases over Labor Day weekend, each appearing in arraignment court Tuesday at the Champaign County Courthouse in Urbana. The Class 2 filing indicates Maze has two other convictions…...