6 February 2012, 9:14 am
CHAMPAIGN — University of Illinois police and Champaign County Crimestoppers are seeking the public's help to solve an aggravated battery that took place last November. read more... Read More »
6 February 2012, 5:59 am
CHAMPAIGN — The city council this week is scheduled to revisit a controversial June 2011 arrest, over which Champaign police officers and some community members are divided about whether an appropriate amount of force was used to detain a 19-year-old black man. read more... Read More »
4 February 2012, 10:44 am
CHAMPAIGN — Police are looking for a Champaign man who fled the scene of an accident on an Interstate 74 exit ramp Friday night. Illinois State Police at Pesotum said about 7:30 p.m., Thomas Buttry, 47, was driving fast on the westbound exit ramp to Prospect Avenue when he failed to slow down and ... Read More »
3 February 2012, 10:14 am
UPDATED 8:20 p.m. CHAMPAIGN — University of Illinois police arrested three men Thursday at a campus apartment for having drugs. UI police Lt. Roy Acree said his officers had obtained a warrant to search the apartment at 304 E. Daniel St., C, and went there in the early evening. read more... Read More »
2 February 2012, 10:41 pm
CHAMPAIGN - Police are searching for a male they said pulled a gun on a taxi cab driver and robbed him Thursday night. ... Read More »
30 January 2012, 6:47 am
Fitch Ratings has affirmed the 'AAA' rating on Champaign, Illinois' $77.435 million of outstanding general obligation bonds.... Read More »
29 January 2012, 9:32 pm
Champaign ended its five-month long search for a new police chief Friday morning in selecting Anthony Cobb, assistant police chief for Urbana. Cobb will assume the position March 12 with a salary of $140,000.... Read More »
27 January 2012, 10:32 am
Champaign ended its five-month long search for a new police chief Friday morning by selecting Anthony Cobb, former assistant police chief for Urbana. Cobb’s appointment as the new Champaign police chief will begin March 12 at a salary of $140,000.... Read More »
27 January 2012, 8:48 am
UPDATED 10:45 a.m.; 10:55 a.m. CHAMPAIGN — The city’s new police chief already knows his way around town. Anthony Cobb was named chief of Champaign police at a news conference Friday morning. He will take the post on March 12. Cobb, 42, has been the assistant chief in Urbana, and was born and ra... Read More »
27 January 2012, 5:33 am
CHAMPAIGN — City council members will find out who the new police chief is in Champaign the same time everyone else does: Friday morning. read more... Read More »