DWS News & Interviews

It had been twenty years since a U.S. president, sitting or former, visited Champaign-Urbana. But that changed when former President Barack Obama came to the University of Illinois a few months ago. His visit is our news team's pick for…

    We've reached the end of our month-by-month recap of the top local stories of 2018.
    December's pick is an easy one. It comes from the world of Illini sports.
    Tim Ditman has more.

    We continue our series of the top stories of 2018 today with a look at the number one story from the month of August. The Champaign County Sheriff's Office finally caught a break and made an arrest in a…

    We're in the second half of our look at the top local news stories of 2018.
    In July, after a months-long back-and-forth, the bells tolled for Champaign's Burnham Mansion.
    Tim Ditman has more.

    The second of two "top stories of 2018" our news team looks at today involves the death of a giant in the newspaper industry.
    Some knew him as "The Pen Guy" Others, the boss of the News-Gazette and…

    Worried drivers on area interstates got some peace this past June after authorities said the man accused of shooting-out windows was behind bars.
    It's the latest in our news team's month-by-month look at the top stories of 2018.

    The long-discussed sale of the Champaign County Nursing Home appeared to be reaching a resolution this year. But there have been multiple delays, pushing the issue into next year.
    It's our newsroom's pick for the top local story…

    We continue our series of stories today looking back at the top local stories of 2018 by month.
    Today we go back to April when criticism started to heat up over the Urbana School District changing its discipline…

The controversy over global warming continues, with President Trump continuing to deny it's a problem. What's not in dispute is the fact that for whatever reason, this year Mother Nature went wild. CBS News Correspondent Peter King reports.

Getting from Point A to Point B seemed particularly dangerous this past year. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan reports on transportation disasters on the roads, rails, water and skies.