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Illinois Agri-Women announces scholarship recipients for four students

DECATUR, Ill. (Chambana Today) — The Illinois Agri-Women (IAW) organization has awarded four scholarship for females studying agriculture. IAW supports…

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Gelater’s organic whipped golden body butter expands product line with lip balm launch

Fast-growing Urbana-Champaign skincare brand adds nourishing lip balm to meet rising local demand.

Champaign City Council holds study session.

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Champaign City Council to hold study session on housing Tuesday

Housing needs analysis update highlights Jan. 13 meeting at City Council Chambers.

4 weeks ago in Entertainment

Sarah Jessica Parker gets Golden Globes’ Carol Burnett Award and Helen Mirren gets DeMille prize

Matthew Broderick presented his wife of nearly 30 years Sarah Jessica Parker with the Golden Globes'Carol Burnett Award for a life of achievement in television at Golden Eve, a ceremony that also added Helen Mirren to the list of legends that have won the Cecil B. DeMille Award.

4 weeks ago in Sports

Jalen Hurts’ resilience and big-game prowess to be tested in NFC wild card game

Jalen Hurts pointed at A.J. Brown — and just showed everyone watching, including a hapless defense — where he would throw the ball. Sure enough, Hurts tossed a strike down the sideline to Brown for an easy score earlier this season in a win over Minnesota.

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Miami heading home for shot at national title after beating Ole Miss 31-27 in Fiesta Bowl

Miami's return to relevance was a long, winding road filled with more downs than ups. Even when the Hurricanes rejoined the national conversation, they were doubted, told they didn't belong. Through it all, they kept chugging along — straight into the national championship game.

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Anthony Edwards, the 3rd-youngest player in NBA history to reach 10,000 career points: ‘It’s cool.’

Anthony Edwards became the third-youngest player in NBA history to reach 10,000 career points, when the Minnesota Timberwolves star swished a 13-foot fadeaway jumper from the baseline midway through the fourth quarter against Cleveland on Thursday night.

4 weeks ago in Entertainment

David Bowie’s childhood home in London is set to open to the public next year

David Bowie's bedroom could soon be London's newest tourist attraction. The house where the musician grew from suburban schoolboy to rock 'n' roll starman has been bought by a charity that plans to open it to the public.

4 weeks ago in National

Protests over federal enforcement operations after shootings in Minneapolis and Portland

As anger and outrage spilled out onto Minneapolis' streets over the fatal shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, a new shooting by federal officers in Oregon left two people wounded, sparked additional protests and elicited more scrutiny of enforcement operations across the U.S.

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Unit 4 invites families to kindergarten information night and school tours

Tours will help families learn about kindergarten programs and elementary schools across the district.

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No. 16 Illini rout Rutgers, roll to 81–55 Big Ten home win

Illinois clamps down defensively and rides balanced scoring to remain unbeaten at home against Rutgers.

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Eight Illini football players earn All-District Honors for academic excellence

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (Chambana Today) — Eight members of the 2025 Illinois football program were honored earlier this week as College…

calendar event planner mark the date

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What to do in the CU: Upcoming events around Champaign-Urbana

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (Chambana Today) — There’s always something to do in Champaign-Urbana, and a few events are coming to town…

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Shine the Block community event coming to Champaign’s Y on the Fly on Friday

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (Chambana Today) — Harm, Healing, Hope (H3) is holding its next “Shine the Block” event this week, looking…

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Five convicted in bank fraud scheme targeting east central Illinois businesses

Georgia defendants forged checks and stole thousands from banks across the region.

4 weeks ago in World

Denmark, Greenland envoys met with White House officials over Trump’s call for a ‘takeover’

Denmark and Greenland's envoys to Washington have begun a vigorous effort to urge U.S. lawmakers as well as key Trump administration officials to step back from President Donald Trump's call for a "takeover" of the strategic Arctic island.

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A January 8 look at Illinois football’s transfer portal additions

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (Chambana Today) — The transfer portal is upon us, and the Illinois football staff has been hard at…

4 weeks ago in National

Minnesota must play a role in the investigation into Renee Good’s killing by ICE, governor says

The state of Minnesota must play a role in investigating the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, Gov. Tim Walz insisted Thursday, pushing back against the Trump administration's decision to keep the investigation solely in federal hands.

4 weeks ago in Sports

Dolphins fire Mike McDaniel, the quirky, inventive coach who they once viewed as their future

Mike McDaniel has run out of luster in Miami. The Dolphins fired the dry-witted, wunderkind coach who they once viewed as the future of the franchise on Thursday, ending his four-year tenure that was defined by soaring — and unfulfilled — expectations.

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UI System President Tim Killeen to step down when contract ends in 2027

After more than a decade of leadership, Killeen leaves behind record enrollment growth as search for successor begins.

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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.

20 hours ago in Olympics, Sports

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.

2 days ago in National

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.