September 27, 2022
The resilient kids at Fisher High School are treating homecoming week like any other — even in the absence of a varsity football program.
They decorated hallways and worked on ...
September 27, 2022
CHAMPAIGN — The Champaign school district’s school-placement program will likely receive an overhaul next summer.
In a presentation at Monday night’s board meeting, consulti...
September 27, 2022
Of course the Urbana High School Marching Tigers would like to be playing at varsity football games this season. It’s part of what they do.
But when the 2022 varsity season was...
September 22, 2022
Justin Barnhart doesn’t care much for down time.
When he’s not teaching physical education at Centennial, the Urbana native keeps himself busy as the school’s assistant athleti...
September 15, 2022
Amanda Jansen grew up with her head buried in books, so it made sense that she taught seventh- and eighth-grade literature at Fisher Junior Senior High for the last 18 years.
W...
September 13, 2022
CHAMPAIGN — Answers to many of neighborhood residents’ questions about a first-of-its-kind Saturday afternoon Central High varsity football game at McKinley Field were provided Mo...
September 9, 2022
Hall of Fame high school basketball coach Lee Cabutti has died.
He was 97. Cabutti coached basketball in Champaign for 29 years, winning more games than anyone in school distr...
September 7, 2022
The impact that Myron Luth had on the softball scene at Heritage schools will be easy to spot on Saturday, many of his former players returning for a tournament in his name at the...
September 2, 2022
OMNI Youth Services is hosting a parent and community webinar on Thursday, September 29 with Special Agent Greg Czaczkowski from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to prov...
September 2, 2022
Whether they’re found around Champaign-Urbana, like the one discovered at Rose Bowl Tavern, or across the country, like the one found in LaGuardia Airport in New York City, or aro...
September 2, 2022
GIBSON CITY — With an open date on its football schedule this week, the Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley football team and others associated with the school will get together tonight to ...
August 31, 2022
PAXTON — The newest member of the social work team at Paxton's Clara Peterson Elementary enjoys listening to young readers, performing the occasional trick and having his belly ru...
August 30, 2022
The organizers of Centennial High School’s Class of 1972 50-year reunion got to work early. Very, very early.
Five years ago, to be exact. “It started right after the 45th,” s...
August 29, 2022
DATE: August 30, 2022 SUBJECT: CU Schools Foundation welcomes two new board members CHAMPAIGN/URBANA, IL -- The Champaign Urbana Schools Foundation (CUSF) is pleased to welcome ...
August 26, 2022
As a Champaign Central High School alum, I think the renovations that were made are amazing.
It’s a great feeling to go back to visit and see the many changes to the building. ...
August 24, 2022
SPRINGFIELD — Five years ago this month, Illinois lawmakers passed legislation that overhauled the way public schools in the state are funded.
The so-called Evidence Based Fund...
August 22, 2022
Taren Nance is loud in every sense.
Whether the second-year Urbana High School principal is wearing one of his brightly colored shirts with a matching fedora and complementary ...
August 19, 2022
No need for the kids at Heritage Elementary in Homer to go buy pencils, crayons and markers. The nice folks at Homer New Life Church of Faith have them covered.
For the third y...
August 18, 2022
Growing up in Mexico, Thalia Rodriguez Flores never had the newest toys, but economic limitations never had an effect on the amount of fun she could have. “I remember that I spen...