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Ice Cream in a Bag | Ag in the Classroom
Meteorologist Jacob Dickey is in the kitchen with Sarah Kaper of the Champaign County Farm Bureau Foundation to learn about how easy it is to make ice cream in a bag at home! Item recommendation: Soft Shell Ice Cream Ball Get more resources and information on the Champaign County Ag in the Classroom website. Connect with the Champaign […]
COMMIT: Illini land Division-II transfer tight end Carson Goda
Illinois is adding more proven college production at tight end. Division-II star Carson Goda, a transfer from Saint Anselm College, committed to Illinois on Monday following an official visit to campus. The 6-foot-3, 225-pound tight end and Bradenton (Fla.) native has one season of eligibility remaining. Goda was previously committed...
Good Morning, Illini Nation: Recruiting best young U.S. talent
Welcome to “Good Morning, Illini Nation,” your daily dose of college basketball news from Illini beat writer and AP Top 25 voter Scott Richey. He’ll offer up insights every morning on Brad Underwood’s team and college basketball at large:. Morez Johnson Jr. was one of five...
Intersection of High Cross Road and Airport Road in Urbana to be closed
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, Ill. (WAND) - The intersection of High Cross Road and Airport Road in Urbana will be closed starting Tuesday, May 28, 8 a.m. The intersection will be closed for about one week, for new culvert installation. There will be no marked detour. Drivers are asked to use alternate...
It's Your Business: Westville native joins board of Longview Bank
Email business news to Jana Wiersema at jwiersema@news-gazette.com. Between being the vice president and one of the owners of Urbana-based asphalt company Emulsicoat, Inc., serving as the president of Woodworth Trucking of Tolono, and being involved in the farming industry, Rick Beyers keeps busy. However, the Westville native recently agreed...
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 […]
Athletes of the Week: Seals sprints to state, Lucht pulls off full day of competition
The votes are in. Powered by Copper Creek Contractors, Preston Seals of the Rantoul boys’ track and field team and Addison Lucht of the Milford/Cissna Park softball and girls’ track and field teams are this week’s winners. Here they are, in their own words, with their biggest supporters — their teammates:
UPDATE: Authorities find body of missing Vermilion Co. swimmer
Update on May 21 DANVILLE, Ill. (WCIA) — The search for a missing 23-year-old swimmer in Vermilion County has ended with the recovery of his body. Jane McFadden, the Vermilion County Coroner, said the swimmer was found dead at 9:05 a.m. on Tuesday in the Middle Fork of the Vermilion River. She identified him as […]
Tilton man resentenced after violating probation with domestic battery
DANVILLE, Ill. (WCIA) — A Tilton man will spend the next six years in prison after committing domestic battery, which violated his probation for previous burglary and drug convictions, prosecutors announced. The Vermilion County State’s Attorney’s Office said Donald Hayes, 35, pleaded guilty earlier this month to domestic battery and also admitted to violating his […]
Three men arrested in Danville on gun charges, two guns recovered
DANVILLE. Ill. (WCIA) — Three men are under arrest in Danville after police said they were found with illegal firearms. Officials with the Danville Police Department said the men were encountered on South State Street Tuesday night by members of the department’s Problem-Oriented Policing Unit. After the officers started interacting with the men, officials said […]
Fast-rising SG Ian Miletic talks potential summer visits to Marquette and Illinois; updates recruitment
Ian Miletic has made big waves this summer on the UAA Next Circuit. He is leading his Illinois Wolves program with 12.1 points on 2.3 threes made per game. He is also adding 4.1 rebounds. “I create off my shot,” Miletic told On3. “I create for my teammates, I like to create off closeouts, and […] The post Fast-rising SG Ian Miletic talks potential summer visits to Marquette and Illinois; updates recruitment appeared first on On3.
Three Illini go low to push team atop leaderboard
CARLSBAD, Calif. — Mike Small hasn't always been able to say his team has played "Illinois golf" this season. It's been an up and down eight months. Plenty of highs, including five tournament wins, but also a season not without its struggles for a mostly new-look team. The last...
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