WPGU News

GEO protests for stronger COVID-19 protection continue, the Wesley Student Center reopened, the 39th Insect Fear Festival is to be held this Saturday, the statewide indoor mask mandate is lifting next Monday, and US Capitol Police are anticipating the arrival of truck convoys.

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Stories by Owen Henderson, Jackson Janes, Anulika Ochuba, Emily Crawford, and Jane Knight.

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Champaign City Council, anti-gay hate crime in Decatur, Ukraine and Russia tensions, Ahmaud Arbery killers convicted, and Maple Sugar Days

Hosted by Tori Gellman

Stories by Josie Alameda, Madison Holcomb, Barrett Wynn, Avery Bowen, and Tara Mobasher

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Missing child found in Urbana, Anti-Semitism on campus, the new Roger Ebert center to open Fall 2022, COVID cases reach pre-Omicron levels, and Putin deploys troops to Ukraine.

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Stories by Mac Dudley, Jane Knight, Tori Gellman, Tara Mobasher, and Barrett Wynn.

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The 2022 Winter Olympics comes to a close, Illinois men's and women's basketball games have opposite outcomes, the mayor of Champaign denounces an occurrence at a city council meeting, a shooting takes place in Champaign, and the I Hotel hosts a summit.

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Stories by Tori Gellman, Jackson Janes, Jane Knight, Josie Alameda, and Laszlo Richard Toth. 

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The GEO files a grievance against the University of Illinois, winter weather hits CU, UIUC relaxes its mask mandate, the Illinois Secretary of State endorses one of the candidates to be his successor, and more.

Catalytic converter thefts in CU, an Indigenous nation to receive compensation in DeKalb, Pritzker supports health profession training, music star Lucy Dacus suffers an injury, and the Fighting Illini lost to Rutgers.

Hosted by Madison Holcomb

Stories by Jane Knight, Owen Henderson, Emily Crawford, Tori Gellman and Jackson Janes.

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UIUC Covid positivity back down, Illinois republicans go massless, Canadian trucker protest, KAM lecture and concert, Oscars hosts announced

Hosted by Tori Gellman

Stories by Madison Holcomb, Emily Crawford, Barrett Wynn, Tara Mobasher, and Avery Bowen

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Support for low-income housing at Urbana City Council, new workout areas unveiled at the ARC on campus, upcoming performances at Krannert, a GOP candidate for governor receives $20M in funding, and a teenage Olympian from Russia is cleared to compete despite doping.

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Stories by Daniel Villareal, Mac Dudley, Tara Mobasher, Jane Knight, and Tori Gellman

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Valentine's Day in Champaign Urbana, two house fires in Danville within a half hour of each other, shots fired at a mall in Champaign, and a US embassy evacuated in Ukraine.

Hosted by Laszlo Richard Toth.

Stories by Anne McKeown, Tara Mobasher, Madison Holcomb, and Laszlo Richard Toth.

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A dance festival at the Krannert Art Museum, new technology for diagnosing epilepsy, a commemoration of President Obama's candidacy announcement, and an update on the Winter Olympics.