WPGU News

World news roundup, proposal for men's shelter in Urbana, and new security cameras coming to downtown Champaign.

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Illinois files a class action lawsuit against Meta, Champaign county receives a food bank grant, The Illini basketball team hires former player Kwa Jones as the director of recruiting and scouting, the reopening date of Royer Hotel in Urbana has been delayed once again.

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Stories by Bekah Douglas and Kaitlyn Devitt

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Pritzker asks for Census recount, Illinois supreme count upholds Safe-T Act and Ndour appears on Senegal National Team.

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Stories by Kaitlyn Devitt, Ashley Gilbert and Lillie Salas.

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Another wave of wildfire smoke covers central Illinois, a family in Springfield protests transgender individuals' access to YMCA locker rooms, and Illinois cancels sales tax on back to school supplies.

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Stories by Elissa Eaton, Madison Holcomb, and Ashley Gilbert

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The chief of the Champaign Fire Department has resigned, the University of Illinois Fighting Illini athletics announces additional perks for season ticket holders, and Memorial Stadium will host a movie night in August.

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Stories by Elissa Eaton.

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World news roundup, upcoming Champaign County fair, and Champaign fire department receives grant.

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Stories by Kaitlyn Devitt, Ashley Gilbert, and Husna Hussaini

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A new pollinator garden is coming to Champaign, Governor Pritzker issues an emergency proclamation to address damage and power outages from severe weather, the Illinois Community College Board is offering to cover G-E-D costs.

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Stories by Kaitlyn Devitt, Bekah Douglas and Laszlo Richard Toth

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Decatur top ranked for DUI arrests, Rantoul adding bottle cap mural and team develops all species COVID tests.

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Stories by Elissa Eaton.

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Thomas Paine School in Urbana to complete renovations, new affordable housing to be constructed in Champaign, Illinois senator Chapin Rose aims to legalize fireworks in Illinois, and U of I police are on the hunt for perpetrators of pellet attacks. 

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Stories by Elissa Eaton, Ashley Gilbert, Lillie Salas, and Bekah Douglas 

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More funding going to construction projects in Illinois, Kenyan artifacts in the Illinois State Museum are being returned to Kenya, and lead piping presents an ongoing concern in Illinois.

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Stories by Kaitlyn Devitt, Ashley Gilbert, and Laszlo Richard Toth.

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