The Champaign Police Department is investigating after an argument led to shots being fired Monday morning. Department ...

A Champaign family lost two of their dogs in a house fire Monday morning. According to the Champaign Fire Department, crews ...

On Thursday, WCIA will fill its back parking lot with thousands of toys for kids in Central Illinois. In Champaign County, ...

Rebecca Guyette of United Way of Champaign County joined WCIA’s Taylor Mitchell to talk about Giving Tuesday. Giving Tuesday ...

Officers from the Champaign Police Department will be helping families in need Tuesday evening with their annual “Shop with a ...

State’s Attorney Julia Rietz said her office has yet to make a decision about possible charges for Howard locally because he ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WAND) - Two dogs were killed in a house fire in Champaign Monday. The Champaign Fire Department was called ...

Dave Hinton is editor of The News-Gazette's Our County section and former editor of the Rantoul Press. He can be reached at [email protected].

CHAMPAIGN — A Champaign man has been issued a notice to appear by police after Canadian National Railway employees said they believed he pointed a weapon at a train as it passed by. Champaign ...

URBANA, Ill. (WAND) — The man charged with shooting a Lyft driver in 2022 has been found guilty of four counts of murder, according to the News-Gazette. Tyjohn Williams was found guilty of ...

An alleged home invader was pronounced dead at 5:43 a.m. on Sunday, which occurred at the 1200 block of Harrington Drive in Champaign, Illinois. Champaign Police were dispatched at 4:09 a.m. on Sunday ...

The Champaign Family YMCA will soon open its newly expanded childcare wing that will add 2,480 square feet to the building. A open house and ribbon cutting will be 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19 ...