News across Greater Champaign
Rainscaping Education Program fosters environmental protection
Rainscaping is a system that uses nature to protect nature. By using natural and manufactured materials, the process aims to collect and manage stormwater where it falls. This supports water drainage and filtration, facilitates healthy soil and protects local bodies of water. In…
Pastor Steve Jones: Be Encouraged!
In my most recent article from Psalm 74, we looked at the reality that, for God’s covenant people, God sometimes doesn’t seem near. In this Psalm, we’re looking at a time in redemptive history when the people of God have been taken captive to Babylon and the temple in Jerusalem…
Stilettos on Steel rides with companionship, finds sisterhood
From Illinois to Indiana, members of the Stilettos on Steel Champaign chapter ride throughout the region, propelled by their shared value of deep sisterhood and support. The chapter is a part of a nationwide organization with 184 chapters. The organization was founded in 2010 as…
Tales of accountability, ‘restoring harm done’ in book
PAXTON — Many criminal offenders have no concept that their actions hurt other people. Sally Wolf, former Ford County director of probation and court services, said a restorative justice program can help that light dawn on many of those who offend. “Restorative justice says you…
UI’s TPUSA chapter plants 2,997 flags in remembrance of 9/11
The University’s chapter of Turning Point USA gathered at Anniversary Plaza Friday to plant American flags on the Main Quad in honor of the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The group began at 7 a.m., planting 2,977 flags — one for each life lost during the…
UI TPUSA chapter holds Charlie Kirk vigil
The University’s Turning Point USA chapter hosted a memorial stream and a vigil Thursday evening at Lincoln Hall to honor the anniversary of the late Charlie Kirk’s death. Around 40 attendees gathered to watch a two-hour national livestream from TPUSA, which featured speakers…