News across Greater Champaign
A&E rewind: This week’s buzz
Community: Regional farmers markets highlight local businesses For those who want their food straight from the source, farmers markets can offer exactly that. The Daily Illini visited four regional farmers markets in the region: Urbana’s Market at the Square, Monticello Farmers…
BIF adds bird strike prevention decals — which building is next?
The installation of bird strike prevention decals at the Business Instructional Facility was completed on Sept. 8 as part of an effort by the University of Illinois Bird Strike Survey to limit bird strike deaths on campus. The building is the fifth-deadliest at the University,…
PBL cross country competes at Tuscola Classic
TUSCOLA CLASSIC BOYS Team scores 1. Clinton, 55; 2. Paris, 82; 3. Toledo Cumberland, 101; 4. Shelbyville, 137; 5. Tri-Valley, 137; 6. Prairie Central, 155; 7. Effingham St. Anthony, 199; 8. Tuscola, 200; 9. Tolono Unity, 215; 10. Urbana University, 223; 11. Broadlands Heritage,…
PBL baseball advances to regional finals after winning 9-1 over North Ridge in semifinals
CHAMPAIGN – The Paxton-Buckley-Loda Junior High School baseball team won 9-1 over Danville North Ridge in the IESA Class 3A regional semifinals on Saturday. Dawson Bice hit 2-for-4 with two runs scored while Tomasi Suaava tripled and had an RBI while scoring two runs. Lucas…
Collin Dixon catches two more TD passes, Illinois beats Southern Illinois 48-10
By STEVE STEIN Associated Press CHAMPAIGN (AP) — Katin Houser threw two second-quarter touchdown passes to Collin Dixon to lead Illinois past Southern Illinois 48-10 on Saturday. Dixon caught eight passes for 131 yards for the Illini (2-1), who opened the season with three home…
Illinois’ Aidan Laughery scores career-long touchdown in win over Southern Illinois
CHAMPAIGN – Illinois fifth-year senior running back Aidan Laughery entered Saturday’s game against Southern Illinois with eight career rushing touchdowns. Laughery, a 2022 Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley graduate, scored his ninth touchdown via a career-long 77-yard run along the left…
‘We had to flush that’: Illinois bounces back against SIU
“We had to flush that,” said fifth-year defensive back Xavier Scott after last week’s loss to Duke (3-0). That’s exactly what Illinois (2-1) did against SIU (2-2) Saturday. On a hot, humid afternoon, the Illini cruised to a 48-10 victory over the Salukis in a much-needed…
Somi returns home with soulful performance at KCPA
Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Somi took to the stage at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts’ Colwell Playhouse on Thursday and presented brand new music to a packed house. Somi’s multicultural music — paired with her calm stage presence — provided audiences with a…
Gies Memorial Stadium’s new video display raises light pollution concerns
Gies Memorial Stadium’s new video display — the largest in college football — has received mixed reactions from students and community members because of its brightness since its debut. It made its public debut on Aug. 8, and it had its football game debut on Sept. 3. While some,…
Ford County Board approves probation department’s move to downtown building
PAXTON — The relocation of the Ford County probation department’s offices to a former dental office in downtown Paxton gained the approval of the county board via a unanimous vote during an adjourned meeting Friday evening. The board voted 8-0, with four members absent, to…
PBL football wins 24-6 over GCMS to earn Ford County bragging rights, first victory of 2026
PAXTON — “We run Ford County.” That was the claim made by Paxton-Buckley-Loda sophomore running back/linebacker Hunter Shedd after the Panthers won 24-6 over Ford County rival Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley. Sam Hall, PBL senior quarterback, said he had been “looking forward to this…
76 fuel station coming to Paxton
PAXTON — Two raised signs — one 80 and the other 25 feet high — could soon be put around the Interstate 57 interchange in Paxton to advertise the 76-brand fuel station and still-undisclosed fast-food restaurant set to open there. The Paxton Planning and Zoning Commission has…