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Community Spotlight: St. Joseph Summer Fest
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — Summer Fest is coming to downtown St. Joseph on June 8. Village Mayor Tami Fruhling-Voges and Events Specialist Ashley York joined WCIA 3’s Amanda Brennan to talk about it for Tuesday’s Community Spotlight. The family-friendly event will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. It will include a Mini-Market, live music, […]
New Born Learning trail installed in Human Kinetics Park
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — Families in Champaign can stop and play at a new Born Learning trail. The new paved trail was installed at Human Kinetics Park with the help of the United Way Champaign County, offers activities along the walk. There are instructions in both English and Spanish. The theme of the trail is […]
Champaign community kicks off summer at Hessel Park
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — Summer unofficially started on Memorial Day with food, fun and great weather at Champaign’s Hessel Park. Hundreds of families were outside enjoying the fresh air and relaxing. People cooked on the grill and kids were ran around both the playground and the splash pad. Parent Jerrasha Johnson said this has become […]
Child Care Resource Service opening summer satellite sites
CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WCIA) — The University of Illinois Child Care Resource Service (CCRS) is opening several satellite sites throughout Central Illinois for in-person visits. In Champaign, CCRS will be open at the Champaign Urbana Public Health District on the first and third Thursday of each month. From 8 a.m. to noon, parents can stop into […]
Quilts of Valor gives Urbana veteran a quilt
URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — A veteran was presented with a quilt to recognize his service over the weekend. Volunteers with Quilts of Valor presented a handmade quilt to Jesse Cornwell on Saturday. Cornwell served in the Navy between 1985-1990 on the USS Belleau Wood. Quilts of Valor was founded in 2003 by Catherine Roberts, whose […]
A Gift to the Dead: Memorial Stadium on Memorial Day
Happy Memorial Day, all. We begin Illinois Week by celebrating this holiday, by honoring those that fought, that paid the ultimate sacrifice for this country. To paraphrase President Kennedy, a nation reveals itself not only by the people it produces, but by the people it remembers. To those OTE readers who served, we thank you. To those who lost friends, loved ones, family, we join you in mourning and honoring your heroes. And today, we remember the 189 individuals named on each of the limestone columns that line the exterior of Memorial Stadium in Champaign.
Community Spotlight: Waste Not sustainability event
URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — The Champaign County Environmental Stewards is a sustainability organization that aims to reduce waste and pollution through material management solutions. This Friday, they’ll be hosting an event to discuss ways of cutting down on waste. CCES President Dominique Gilbert came on WCIA 3 News at Noon to talk about the event […]
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