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‘Reach some common ground’: Regional Superintendent writes to Champaign School Board
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — At the Monday night Champaign School Board Meeting, board vice president Heather Vasquez revealed the Regional Superintendent emailed all five members about filling the vacancies on their board. Two board members resigned last month. More than 25 candidates applied to the vacancies, but the meeting to interview the finalists was cancelled […]
Mahomet-Seymour hires former Champaign officer as SRO
MAHOMET, Ill. (WCIA) — There’s a new face to keep students safe at the Mahomet-Seymour school district. The school district announced on Monday that Officer Jeff Thomas is now on duty as the school resource officer. He’s been training for the last month, visiting buildings and meeting with students ahead of his official starting date. […]
Mobile escape room coming to Champaign this week
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — A mobile escape room is stopping by the University of Illinois’ Research Park in Champaign this week. Pharmaceutical and biomedical company BAYER is bringing “Breaking Through Impossible — The Escape Game”, its educational science-themed mobile escape room, to Research Park. The escape room will be open from Tuesday to Thursday in […]
Free Shred Day event coming to Champaign
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — On Tuesday, the Champaign County Chamber of Commerce is hosting a free Shred Day alongside Confidential On-Site Paper Shredding (COPS). From 9:00 a.m. to 12 p.m., the complimentary document disposal will take place in the Chamber parking lot at 303 West Kirby Avenue in Champaign. Each attendee has a limit of […]
Columbia Street Roastery is a coffee haven of Champaign
Champaign’s Columbia Street Roastery has roasted coffee beans on Columbia Street since 1998. The local family-owned roastery receives coffee beans from around the world and roasts the beans in-house, packaging bags of single-origin beans, blends, and flavored coffee. Though I’ve had Columbia Street coffee before at restaurants and in Blind Pig’s Columbia Street coffee stout, I’d never made the trip to the roastery and coffee store on Columbia Street until last week.
Birds in Champaign vs birds in Urbana? Study shows differences among twin cities
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — Two neighboring cities will have a lot of similarities, but researchers have found a difference for Champaign and Urbana on where birds prefer to flock. Research led by Henry Pollock at the University of Illinois studied the difference in bird diversity between the two cities. “We wanted to understand how differences […]
‘Babysitter Speed Dating’ event to be held at Champaign Library
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — Are you a parent on the lookout for a babysitter? Are you a sitter that can prove you’re a fit for their needs in just five minutes? The Champaign Public Library is hosting a “Babysitter Speed Dating” event from 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Individual babysitters will be positioned at several […]
UI campus gets new signs from Champaign Co. African American Heritage Trail
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — The University of Illinois has partnered with the Champaign County African American Heritage Trail to display local African-American history through new markers on campus. The African American Heritage Trail is a community-based project that began in 2020. It uses signage to highlight African-American history across Champaign County. On Monday, the university […]
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