During the course of the investigation, Tyson Moore, 32, of Champaign and Deandre Newbill, 37, of Urbana, were located and arrested and will face charges of first-degree murder.

This week's panel: Champaign's Jaime Williams and Luciano Vazquez; Rantoul's Lovely Ann Bololato and Liz Dietz; Urbana's Christina Sloan; Danville's Shayla Briggs and Jo'Brea Mason; PBL's Angela Dirks; GCMS' Thomas Stone; Salt Fork's Wendy Fritz; St. Thomas' Diana Deters; Uni's Lisa Evams; and Westville's Nicole Neuman.

“As an anti-woman, anti-science, authoritarian administration invades our privacy, Illinois is holding the line and we are fighting back,” Pritzker said at a Friday news conference in Champaign.

“One of the focuses for the denomination is eradicating racism, and when you read about this group, there’s no doubt there’s cause for concern," said Paul Black, director of communication ministries for the Illinois Great Rivers Conference, which represents and about 100,000 members across central and southern Illinois.

A local activist and 2022 Central Illinois Business 40 Under 40 Woman of the Year has announced her bid for State Rep. for District 104, marking her second run for an area political office.

“Hard-working Illinoisans should not be paying more to protect beach houses in Florida," said Gov. J.B. Pritzker, speaking out against hikes like State Farm's — which is raising premiums for residential property in Illinois by an average 27.2%. Critics say homeowners here are helping cover insurance losses caused by wildfires, hurricanes and natural disasters elsewhere.

Two trees in a Champaign park are dying due to damage caused by a human, Park District officials say.

Julie Kirby has spent her entire 14-year teaching career molding the youngest minds in her elementary school buildings. After spending eight years teaching at Stratton Academy of the Arts, Kirby is now in her third year teaching at Kenwood Elementary School in Champaign.

Danville PBPA Unit #11 and Danville Firefighters Local 429 unions have brought their charity softball games back on Saturday at historic Danville Stadium and it hits close to home.

Project Implementation Engineer Ken Crawford said the remaining three ramps could be opened by the end of the year.

Judge Brett Olmstead determined that the state had waived its right to revoke pretrial release by waiting so long to arrest a Champaign man who was charged in connection with an April liquor store shootout.

Board member Vanna Pianfetti: "I believe you need to resign from your position so that we can move forward. ... I do not believe that you can do the job that you were elected to do.”