UPDATED: UI student killed, Champaign man arrested after alleged DUI hit-and-run
Updated at 9:30 p.m. on SaturdayURBANA – A 22-year-old University of Illinois student was killed after a hit-and-run accident, and a 20-year-old Champaign man has been arrested for alleged drunken...
View ArticleTwo Urbana teens charged in convenience store holdup
URBANA - Two Urbana teens have been criminally charged with the holdup of a convenience store earlier this month.Kaleb Smith, 17, and Denashio Tester, 15, were charged Friday with the Oct. 8 armed...
View ArticleUrbana Police Department offers new form of public feedback
Urbana residents now have a new way to give feedback about their interaction with police officers.The Urbana Police Department is one of about two dozen departments across the state that are taking...
View ArticleCabbie clubbed with hammer in robbery attempt
URBANA — Urbana police are looking for two men who robbed a cab driver Saturday night, striking him in the head with a hammer several times.Lt. Rich Surles said preliminary information indicates the...
View ArticlePolice looking for home invader
URBANA — Urbana police are looking for a man who robbed several men at gunpoint at a home in that city Thursday night.An Urbana police report said about 8:38 p.m. Thursday, a man entered a home in the...
View ArticlePolice seeking information in Urbana armed robbery
URBANA — Police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred Thursday night just east of the University of Illinois campus.According to a police report, the victim was entering his apartment...
View ArticleUrbana police investigate mugging
URBANA — Urbana police are looking for two men who robbed a woman of her purse in east Urbana Friday evening.An Urbana police report said two men approached a 51-year-old Mahomet woman in the 1300...
View ArticleTeens arrested in connection with stolen car
UPDATED 4:55 p.m. ThursdayURBANA — Two Champaign teenagers who allegedly had a stolen car Wednesday night were arrested.Urbana police Lt. Bryant Seraphin said Trayvon James, 17, who listed an address...
View ArticleLocal law enforcement lauded for efforts to catch child pornographers
Area law enforcement officials have been recognized for their efforts in bringing people to justice for child pornography.read more
View ArticleUrbana home invasion under investigation
URBANA — Urbana police are looking for two men who entered an apartment in that city Friday evening and threatened a man with a gun who then chased them out while firing at them.The incident happened...
View ArticleMan arrested for hitting officer while driving away from parking ticket
URBANA — A man from out of town was arrested Saturday after he allegedly hit a parking enforcement officer while trying to drive away from a ticket.According to a police report, Urbana officers were...
View ArticleChampaign man gets probation for burglary, theft
URBANA — A Champaign man who admitted committing burglary and theft in separate crimes has been sentenced to 30 months of probation.Donja Hart, 19, whose last known address was in the 200 block of...
View ArticleCocaine possession brings probation sentence
URBANA — A Champaign man who admitted possessing a small amount of cocaine last spring has been sentenced to a form of probation.D'Andre Miller, 26, whose last known address was in the 200 block of...
View ArticleUHS student arrested for robbing car salesman, stealing from Walmart
URBANA — An Urbana teenager who allegedly robbed a business to get money to buy a valentine for his girlfriend has been charged with aggravated robbery and burglary.read more
View ArticlePatient arrested for hospital attack
URBANA — A Champaign man who allegedly punched a fellow patient in the face at an Urbana hospital is due in court Tuesday.read more
View ArticleBreak-in victim hit twice within 3 days: 'I was mad'
Annoyance. Anger. Violation. Vulnerabilty. Resolve. Those are the feelings one Urbana burglary victim verbalized after his home was broken in and ransacked last month and then was targeted again 72...
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