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Champaign’s vacant properties can languish for years without correction; Fines increased in past two years
Building paint is peeling, junk litters the property and “no trespassing” signs sporadically adorn fences surrounding the approximately 330,000 square feet of property of the mostly vacant C....
Seven07 pipe burst displaces residents
The night Monica Milanowski returned to her apartment at Seven07, a 14-story high-rise in Champaign, after going home for winter break in January, her apartment was flooded with four to six inche...
https://cu-citizenaccess.org/2024/03/seven07-pipe-burst-displaces-residents/
Over one year later, no detached housing built following Champaign ordinance
Some residents expressed concern about a negative impact on neighborhoods when the city of Champaign passed a June 2022 ordinance to build additional, detached housing on their properties. But ...
Complaints about yard waste and housing in disrepair continue to rise in Urbana; Property inspections behind schedule goal
Rental property and nuisance complaints have soared in Urbana over the past few years, records show. The records, obtained via Freedom of Information Act Request, show a total of 1,002 complain...
Champaign County doesn’t allow looking up property by name. We made it searchable again.
Although the Champaign County Assessment Office has a property tax lookup tool developed by the software company DEVNET, the office decided to remove the ability to search properties by owner nam...
Champaign bars, liquor stores failed 25% of underage compliance checks by Illinois Liquor Control Commission last year
The state of Illinois Liquor Control Commission has made enforcing and documenting underage drinking on its website a priority since 2021 — and enforcement of liquor laws at Champaign bars and ...
After fatal shootings, Rantoul police recommended more training. They just sent one officer to a gun range
This story is part of a partnership focusing on police misconduct in Champaign County between the Champaign-Urbana Civic Police Data Project of the Invisible Institute, a Chicago-based nonprof...
Champaign hired Police Chief Timothy Tyler despite disciplinary past and allegations of misconduct
This article originally appeared on IPM Newsroom on January 29, 2024. This story is part of a partnership focusing on police misconduct in Champaign County between the Champaign-Urbana Civic Poli...
Illinois sees exit of firearm dealers despite all-time high in gun ownership
Despite an all-time high in the number of Illinois residents possessing a firearm ownership card, the number of gun dealers and businesses registering guns throughout the state has declined over ...
Health district launches survey on elder care amid deficit of nursing home beds, closed facilities
The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District and local group Advocates for Aging Care have launched a survey to help identify the state of senior services in Champaign County. Champaign County i...