Opioid abuse a local scourge
The use of fentanyl had a major impact on Champaign County in 2017 as opioid use in the county continued to affect lives and...
North, South to be sold
The Urbana Board of Education met in special session on Thursday to deliberate the sale of North Elementary and South Elementary to the City...
Investing in local senior citizens
The Champaign Memorial Committee was established in 1961 to raise funds to equip and furnish the newly built County Nursing Home on U.S. Route...
Mercy Health, Bon Secours Health System to merge
MARRIOTTSVILLE, Md. and CINCINNATI, Ohio - Bon Secours Health System, a Catholic health ministry serving residents across the East Coast, and Mercy Health, a...
Ohio News Briefs
State board sends congressional redistricting plan to ballotCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A proposal restructuring Ohio’s process for drawing its congressional maps is headed to...
The Ohio State University Dean’s List
The following local students were named to the 2017 autumn semester dean’s list at The Ohio State University: Beau Humphrey, Jennifer Sizemore, Grace Campbell,...
Forum to be held on foster parenting
Local residents who have thought about becoming foster parents or have wondered about the process to get licensed for fostering and/or respite care can...
Nominations sought for 2018 Empowering Woman
The Woman’s Tourist Club in Mechanicsburg will be honoring a deserving woman with the 2018 Empowering Woman Award at their May Banquet. Our club...
UU holding Make-A-Wish fundraiser today
Urbana University, a branch campus of Franklin University, announced that a Make-A-Wish fundraiser will be hosted by the Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) in...
Mobile mammography van to visit Urbana
SPRINGFIELD - Due for your annual mammogram? Getting your annual screening is easy with Mercy Health – Springfield’s Mobile Mammography program, which has a...
