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The biggest stories in Champaign County.

Grimes Field Flyover Day Produces Neck Pain and Civic Pride in Equal Measure

Life & Culture · Staff report — August 26, 2026

Aviation day physiology.

Church Potluck Sign-Up Sheet Develops Factions Over Dessert Rows

Life & Culture · Staff report — August 25, 2026

Maple Street theology of cookies.

Man on Upper Valley Pike Rates Sunsets Like a Judge at the Fair

Lifestyle · Staff report — August 24, 2026

Scenic scoring system, unpublished.

Cable Resident Posts Lost Dog Notice; Dog Found at Same Spot as Always

News · Staff report — August 23, 2026

Predictable chaos.

Local on Heck Hill Road Describes Gradient as Character Building

Opinion · Staff report — August 22, 2026

Hills as personality tests.

4-H Project Judged; Entire Family Enters Fight-or-Flight

Fair · Staff report — August 21, 2026

Fairgrounds nerves, Park Ave.

Evergreen Cemetery Glow Story Retold With New Details No One Requested

Life & Culture · Staff report — August 20, 2026

St. Paris lore, night shift.

Frosty's Pizza Box Becomes Unofficial Hot Plate at Apartment Gathering

Lifestyle · Staff report — August 19, 2026

N Main St engineering.

Hemisphere Bags Spotted at Indians Game, Sparking Coffee Diplomacy

Sports · Staff report — August 18, 2026

Purple and gold, plus beans.

Johnny Appleseed Museum Visitor Buys Apple Thing, Feels Historically Consistent

Lifestyle · Staff report — August 17, 2026

Former campus energy, snack diplomacy.

North Lewisburg Maple Street Wave Count Hits Personal Record

Life & Culture · Staff report — August 16, 2026

Village density, social metrics.

Park Avenue Fairgrounds Fence Gets Touched by 200 Kids Before Opening Day

Fair · Staff report — August 15, 2026

Champaign County Fair countdown physics.

FFA Student Explains Livestock Project With More Confidence Than Most Candidates

Life & Culture · Staff report — August 14, 2026

County fair pipeline energy.

Melvin Miller Park Picnic Table Claimed With Jacket for 'Just a Minute' Lasting 40

Life & Culture · Staff report — August 13, 2026

Dibs culture, park edition.

Simple Coffee vs Hemisphere Debate Enters Year Three With No Treaty

Lifestyle · Staff report — August 12, 2026

Main and Sandusky cold war, beans edition.

Ruthie's Boutique Bag Spotted at Graham Falcons Game, Read as Alliance

Sports · Staff report — August 11, 2026

Retail soft power, black and white night.

Deer on Game Farm Road Holds Up Three Trucks Without Apology

News · Staff report — August 10, 2026

Wildlife traffic control.

Champaign Aviation Museum Visitor Stares at B-17 Like It's a Relative

Life & Culture · Staff report — August 09, 2026

Grimes Field reverence, US-68 adjacent.

Luna Belle's Customer Buys Fudge 'For Later' and Eats It in the Car

Lifestyle · Staff report — August 08, 2026

Springfield Street honesty.

SR-559 Driver Waves at Same Mailbox Every Day, Claims Relationship

Life & Culture · Staff report — August 07, 2026

Eastern county loneliness, solved incorrectly.

Rosewood Man Measures Rainfall in 'Good for Beans' Units

Life & Culture · Staff report — August 06, 2026

Meteorology without the app.

Guild Galleries Browser Treats Browsing as Cardiovascular Exercise

Lifestyle · Staff report — August 05, 2026

Downtown steps, cultural gains.

Kiser Lake Weekend Traffic Turns SR-235 Into Accidental Parade

News · Staff report — August 04, 2026

Recreation with brake lights.

Cedar Bog Purists Remind Everyone Again That It's a Fen

News · Staff report — August 03, 2026

Woodburn Road science, enforced socially.

Adams Township Trustee Meeting Achieves Rare Bipartisan Agreement on Coffee Brand

News · Staff report — August 02, 2026

Governance is 10 percent policy and 90 percent percolation.

Freshwater Farms Visitor Asks If Trout Remember Him From Last Year

Lifestyle · Staff report — August 01, 2026

US-68 North, but make it personal.

Hillclimbers Stadium Lights Stay On Late Enough to Start Neighborhood Diplomacy

Sports · Sports desk — July 31, 2026

Washington Ave brightness as foreign policy.

Christiansburg Man Describes Clark County Line as 'A Vibe, Not a Border'

Opinion · Staff report — July 30, 2026

South county philosophy, unsolicited.

Crybaby Bridge Closed Overnight; Ghost Stories File for Temporary Relocation

News · Staff report — July 29, 2026

The asphalt is real. The screaming is flexible.

Mayflowers Takeout Bag Spotted at Township Meeting, Sparking Soft Power Analysis

News · Staff report — July 28, 2026

Diplomacy smells like lo mein.

Carmazzi's Regular Claims He Can Date Candy by Smell Alone

Lifestyle · Staff report — July 27, 2026

Science, if science were nostalgia with a sweet tooth.

Line at TeaBaggers Debates Whether Second Saturday Counts as a Personality

Lifestyle · Staff report — July 26, 2026

Downtown Urbana energy, performed at coffee volume.

Graham Wrestling Room Adds Sign Reading 'This Is Not a Participation Hallway'

Sports · Sports desk — July 25, 2026

The sign is laminated. The standards are not.

Man on the Monument Demands Paid Vacation, Threatens to Face Dayton Until County Agrees

News · Staff report — July 25, 2026

The statue is bronze. The grievance is somehow more solid.

Mechanicsburg zoning talk about a 4-foot fence lasts three hours

Top Stories · Staff report — July 15, 2026

Democracy thrived at the village offices on N. Main. Nobody thrived.

Village debates whether flashing speed sign on Main is 'too city'

Top Stories · Staff report — July 10, 2026

Mechanicsburg council split on whether digital numbers protect kids or invite Columbus energy.

Triad hires townie Bill Hickley as baseball coach amid community uproar

Sports · Sports desk — July 08, 2026

Board votes for lifelong local William “Bill” Hickley; parents petition, Cardinals kids cheer, and the parking lot off Maple Street has opinions.

Village council tables debate over fourth stop sign on Main Street

Top Stories · Staff report — July 07, 2026

Mechanicsburg council members agreed only that something should be done, then scheduled another meeting to decide what.

Local man declares victory after mowing ditch before neighbor

Top Stories · Staff report — July 06, 2026

A Mechanicsburg-area homeowner called the early cut “the Super Bowl of rural property management.”

Sheriff reminds drivers that deer do not use crosswalks

Top Stories · Champaign County Sheriff's Office — July 05, 2026

Nighttime crashes climb as corn reaches “ambush height,” officials say.

St. Paris fireworks still 'technically legal if you ask right,' say locals

Top Stories · Staff report — July 04, 2026

Fourth of July weekend brought tradition, tinnitus, and one very tired dog on Springfield Street.

Data center flyer war enters week six with no clear winner

Top Stories · Staff report — July 03, 2026

Champaign County mailboxes fill with glossy promises and glossy counter-promises.

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Grimes Field Flyover Day Produces Neck Pain and Civic Pride in Equal Measure

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Life & Culture · Staff report — August 25, 2026

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