Champaign-Urbana news feed

CHICAGO — Calling the Chicago police chief’s ultimatum to stop resorting to violence a waste of time, current and former members of some of the city’s most notorious street gangs held an unlikely news conference on Thursday to send their own message to police: You’re not playing fair.  [Read more]

The chance to represent the 103rd congressional district, which includes almost all of Champaign and Urbana, will be contested in the upcoming elections. The incumbent Naomi Jakobsson, D-103, who has represented the district since 2002, is being challenged by local business owner Norman Davis, who won the Republican nomination without opposition. They spoke earlier this week at the College Democrats and College Republicans kickoff meetings.  [Read more]

CHICAGO — Illinois’ prison chief, who became a political liability to Gov. Pat Quinn during an election year because of a secret prisoner release program he oversaw, is stepping down, the governor said Thursday.  [Read more]

An oil platform exploded and burned off the Louisiana coast Thursday, the second such disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in less than five months. This time, the Coast Guard said there was no leak, and no one was killed.  [Read more]

The English Library, located within in the Main Library, will be merging with another unit by the beginning of spring semester.  [Read more]

A broken water valve kept hundreds of Newman Hall residents out of their rooms for several hours Thursday afternoon.  [Read more]

While e-mails sent from the University Police Department may go unread in students’ mailboxes, the University has taken extra precaution to ensure students are informed about ways to be safe.  [Read more]

Fresh fare from locally grown produce and farm tours were part of the activities presented at the Sustainable Student Farm’s annual open house.  [Read more]

With two months as student trustee under his belt, Daniel Soso’s colleagues on the Board of Trustees feel his transition is going smoothly.  [Read more]

Associate Professor Louis Wozniak’s teaching suspension is currently under investigation after he filed a complaint with the University’s Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure for not having received a hearing, a necessary step to suspend a faculty member.  [Read more]