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Cunningham Children's Home Festival of Quilts

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Festival of Quilts returns to Cunningham campus to celebrate tradition and support youth

Annual fundraiser showcases quilts, handcrafted items and campus tours.

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Cunningham Children’s Home marks new year with reflection, care and renewed commitment

Chaplain’s gathering highlights the emotional weight of the work and the lasting impact of compassion.

Illinois gets the biggest jumbotron in the nation.

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Illinois installs largest video display in college football at Memorial Stadium

Massive Daktronics videoboard and LED upgrades set to debut ahead of the 2026 season.

Parkland College releases Dean's List

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Parkland College names students to Fall 2025 Dean’s List

Hundreds recognized for academic excellence across Champaign-Urbana, Illinois and beyond.

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Champaign-Urbana Public Health District administrator Julie Pryde to retire

Board expected to appoint deputy administrator Dr. Mamadou Tounkara as successor.

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Bringing charges against the Fed: What we do (and don’t) know

President Donald Trump has dramatically escalated his confrontation with the Federal Reserve, his Justice Department investigating and threatening a criminal indictment of the independent central bank and serving it with subpoenas.

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Common Ground Food Co-op strengthens local partnerships and food access in Urbana

URBANA, Ill. (Chambana Today) — A major behind-the-scenes upgrade is underway at Common Ground Food Co-op, where crews are replacing…

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Registration open for Horizon Health Wear Red event in Paris

Annual luncheon highlights heart health awareness for women during American Heart Month.

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Wagler repeats as Big Ten freshman of the week for third honor this season

Illinois guard continues standout play during five-game winning streak.

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Troop 7 announces alcohol countermeasure and occupant restraint patrols in Champaign, Macon, and Vermillion counties

These initiatives aim to reduce impaired driving, improve seatbelt compliance, and increase overall traffic safety.

Highway shootings are down in Illinois.

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Interstate shootings in Illinois fall for fourth straight year with zero fatalities in 2025

State police cite 80% decrease since 2021, highlight technology and enforcement efforts.

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Illinois extends health insurance enrollment deadline to Jan. 31

Get Covered Illinois cites record interest, expanded navigator and broker support across the state.

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Trump says Iran wants to negotiate as the death toll in protests rises to at least 572

U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran wants to negotiate with Washington after his threat to strike the Islamic Republic over its crackdown on protesters, a move coming as activists said Monday that the death toll in nationwide demonstrations rose to at least 572.

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Stafford’s late TD pass to Parkinson lifts the Rams past the Panthers 34-31 in tense playoff opener

Puka Nacua stepped into the huddle with the Los Angeles Rams trailing by four with 2:38 left, the home crowd roaring and his team's season on the line. He never thought twice about losing. "Never a doubt — No. 9 is with us," Nacau said with a wide smile in reference to the team's 37-year-old All-Pro quarterback, Matthew Stafford.

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Caleb Williams rallies Bears from 18 points down for 31-27 playoff win over rival Packers

Caleb Williams dropped back, pump-faked and found DJ Moore wide open down the sideline for the go-ahead touchdown. His latest clutch throw propelled the Chicago Bears to yet another improbable comeback win and kept their breakout season going for at least another round of the postseason.

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Purdy, 49ers eliminate defending Super Bowl champion Eagles with 23-19 win in wild-card game

Brock Purdy threw a go-ahead 4-yard touchdown pass to Christian McCaffrey late in the fourth quarter, San Francisco used a trick play on a TD toss from Jennings to McCaffrey, and the 49ers eliminated the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles with a 23-19 wild-card victory Sunday.

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George Floyd and Renee Good: 5 years between Minneapolis videos, and confusion has increased

Five years ago, video images from a Minneapolis street showing a police officer kneeling on the neck of George Floyd as his life slipped away ignited a social movement. Now, videos from another Minneapolis street showing the last moments of Renee Good's life are central to another debate about law enforcement in America.

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Illinois Football bolsters roster with wave of transfer portal additions

Illini add 14 newcomers across offense, defense, and special teams during January signing window.

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‘Hamnet’ and ‘One Battle After Another’ take top honors at Golden Globes

Paul Thomas Anderson's ragtag revolutionary saga "One Battle After Another" took top honors at Sunday's 83rd Golden Globes in the comedy category, while Chloé Zhao's Shakespeare drama "Hamnet" pulled off an upset over "Sinners" to win best film, drama.

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‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ tops box office for fourth straight week with newcomer ‘Primate’ second

"Avatar: Fire and Ash" kept on smoldering at the box office, taking the top spot for a fourth straight week on a relatively quiet weekend as the January doldrums began setting in for the industry.

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With caviar McNuggets and heart-shaped pizza, fast food chains hope to win Valentine’s diners

It's a tale as old as time, or at least as old as TikTok: chicken nuggets lovingly topped with a dab of caviar. McDonald's is embracing the trend this Valentine's Day with a limited-time McNugget Caviar kit. The free kit, which will be available on McNuggetCaviar.com on Feb. 10, pairs a one-ounce tin of Paramount's Siberian sturgeon caviar with a $25 McDonald's gift card to buy McNuggets.

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Lindsey Vonn is ‘confident’ she can race at Olympics despite ruptured ACL in left knee

Lindsey Vonn has done this before. And succeeded. The 41-year-old American skiing standout is "confident" she can compete at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics despite a torn ACL from a crash four days ago.

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Speedskater Erin Jackson, bobsledder Frank Del Duca picked as US flagbearers for Winter Olympics

Speedskater Erin Jackson already has made history, as the first Black woman to win an individual gold medal at a Winter Olympics. Bobsledder Frank Del Duca is a sergeant in the Army, hailing from a family with deep Italian roots. They might be the perfect pair to lead the U.S. into the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.

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‘Today’ show host Savannah Guthrie asks for prayers to help bring her missing mom home

"Today" show host Savannah Guthrie is asking for prayers to help bring home her 84-year-old mother, whom authorities in Arizona believe was kidnapped, abducted or otherwise taken against her will.

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Black History Month centennial channels angst over anti-DEI climate into education, free resources

In the 100th year since the nation's earliest observances of Black History Month — which began when scholar Carter G. Woodson pioneered the first Negro History Week — celebrations will go on. The current political climate has energized civil rights organizations, artists and academics to engage young people on a full telling of America's story.