Samuel Lisec

Aaron Jones, Sullivan High School's marching band instructor, died in a car crash this summer. His students are determined to perform his music during their senior night football game on

Amber Oberheim — a longtime resident, nurse and founder of Peacemaker Project 703, a charitable foundation created to help police families after her husband Chris, a Champaign officer, was killed

The officer who was placed on leave last spring pending an investigation into his handling of a case involving Akul Dhawan, a missing student later found dead on a frigid

Work on satellite jail expansions nearing completion

Courtney B. Toney, 41, took the sentence after pleading guilty to unlawfully possessing stolen guns from a Thomasboro man's residence in January this year.

Local volunteer charged with 8 counts of possessing, sharing child porn

“It's a sign that people want to work at the Champaign Police Department," one lieutenant said, as the agency works to reduce the 25 vacancies it had just two years

A jury deliberated for about two and a half hours on Thursday before acquitting Zaire M. Herman, 21, who was charged with first-degree murder in the 2023 death of Jalen

The state alleged that the girlfriend of Spencer T. Stoudt, 24, called the police after finding images of child pornography on his phone.

The state charged Joseph M. Kleckner, 25, and Elizabeth A. Sotiropoulos, 35, with mob action for their alleged role in the April demonstrations. Two more people were served notices to

Fidele G. Tshimanga, 25, was charged with first degree murder for the fatal shooting of Brandon Hardway, the manager of a Champaign bar, in February.

The mayoral raise recommended by a task force chaired by Tom Bruno would bump Champaign from fifth place to fourth on the area compensation charts, leapfrogging Rantoul ($36,000) and trailing

“I hope the closure of this case helps the victims’ families to begin their true healing.”

James Hill, 55, faces up to 90 years in prison if convicted of having committed multiple counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault with a gun in Champaign last spring.

Champaign County Board approves putting tax increase on November ballot

A woman told police that she found the door to her house kicked in on Wednesday and later saw Shance O. Dalton, 45, holding her family’s dog while riding her

Rantoul police were dispatched to a Community Plus Credit Union around 1:01 p.m. on Thursday for a report of a robbery.

First String president: ’When the game is no longer about the kids, then it’s a wash. And that’s what it was, the game was no longer about the kids or

Karrissa Cobble, Dimaia Hill and Makayla Robinson-Taylor were honored with the 5th annual Resilience Scholarship for their growth at the alternative school.

Joshua T. Johnson, 49, allegedly admitted to police that he knew a 16-year-old’s age when he recorded photos and videos of them in sex acts over the course of five