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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Gabriella Morando
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — New artwork in downtown Champaign is hoping to bring awareness to some of the most vulnerable in the community. Every brush stroke has a deeper meaning beyond the visual attraction, by bringing the missions of Champaign County CASA and Crisis Nursery to life. Friday Night Live returns to Champaign It’s titled “Protect our Kids” — which aligns with two organizations that strive to do just that.
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1 week ago | 
wcia.com | Gabriella Morando
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — New artwork in downtown Champaign is hoping to bring awareness to some of the most vulnerable in the community. Every brush stroke has a deeper meaning beyond the visual attraction, by bringing the missions of Champaign County CASA and Crisis Nursery to life. It’s titled “Protect our Kids” — which aligns with two organizations that strive to do just that.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Gabriella Morando
DANVILLE, Ill. (WCIA) — Danville officials are proposing a plan to regulate public camping within the city’s corporate limits. This comes after people living in Ellsworth Park were ordered to leave last week because of several health concerns. “You wouldn’t want to walk through there with open toed shoes,” Danville Police Chief Chris Yates said about the encampment.
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1 week ago | 
wcia.com | Gabriella Morando
DANVILLE, Ill. (WCIA) — Danville officials are proposing a plan to regulate public camping within the city’s corporate limits. This comes after people living in Ellsworth Park were ordered to leave last week because of several health concerns. “You wouldn’t want to walk through there with open toed shoes,” Danville Police Chief Chris Yates said about the encampment.
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1 week ago | 
wcia.com | Gabriella Morando
DANVILLE, Ill. (WCIA) — An iconic building is on its way out in downtown Danville, and a live audience is watching it come down brick by brick. The Bresee Babes are a few friends who go way back to high school. They said while it’s interesting watching Bresee Tower come down, their daily watch parties are a chance to hang out and catch up. Wednesday’s rain kept a few of the babes inside, but two still braved the weather, including Charlotte Robbins.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Gabriella Morando
DANVILLE, Ill. (WCIA) — An iconic building is on its way out in downtown Danville, and a live audience is watching it come down brick by brick. The Bresee Babes are a few friends who go way back to high school. They said while it’s interesting watching Bresee Tower come down, their daily watch parties are a chance to hang out and catch up.
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1 week ago | 
wcia.com | Storm Wolf |Gabriella Morando
RANTOUL, Ill. (WCIA) — Students across Central Illinois are turning tassels and crossing stages, but graduation turned physical at one Champaign County high school. Rantoul Township High School celebrated its commencement last Friday, but police said a fight broke out and left one officer hurt. “What’s really upsetting is we’ve worked the Rantoul High School graduation for many, many years and we have not had anything like this before,” said Deputy Chief Christina Reifsteck.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Gabriella Morando
URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — Sola Gratia Farm in Urbana wants to inspire the next generation to grow and cook their own healthy meals, and they have a new space to do it. The land where they started growing produce 13 years ago has been transformed into their community classroom. People can help grow crops and also take part in decorating the fence that outlines the space.
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1 week ago | 
wcia.com | Gabriella Morando
MATTOON, Ill. (WCIA) — It’s been almost three years since 19-year-old Aurora Gordon and her older sister, 27-year-old Shelby Thomason, lost their mother and step father. 55-year-old James “Howard” Sutton and 44-year-old Rachel Sutton died after being hit by a drunk driver at the intersection of Coles County Roads 1200N and 500E in 2022. It was a route they always took, although their reason for being on the road that day was out of the ordinary.
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2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Gabriella Morando
POTOMAC, Ill. (WCIA) — One of the several tornadoes from Tuesday night’s storm touched down in Collison, near Potomac. While the majority of homes didn’t see anything beyond rain and strong winds, the Britton family wasn’t as lucky. After the hail stopped and storm cleared, James and Brenda Britton walked out to see their driveway and front yard littered with about a dozen trees. “I see them trees go down, the front ones, then I looked down the drive,” James said.
