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Students at one Central Illinois middle school have spent the last two years researching and designing experiments. All of it is because of a trip their teacher is making next month, to test them out in a near zero gravity environment.

Halloween candy sales are off to a slow start this year as U.S. consumers grapple with high living costs and eye-popping chocolate prices.

Former Rantoul Mayor Charles Smith recently held a public forum. He said he wanted to inform the community about a referendum on the November ballot.

Ultraprocessed foods have a terrible reputation. Studies have linked them with multiple chronic diseases. Journalists and health influencers characterize them as poison. Some public health experts call for a global halt to producing and consuming them.

October is also RSV awareness month. With a change in seasons and temperatures ultimately falling, health experts are encouraging people to take steps to protect their health.

Deciding on the name that your newborn will carry with them for the rest of their lives can feel daunting.

Deb’s Catering is celebrating a new chapter for its business. An electrical fire in their kitchen has sidelined them for the last 12 months.

President Trump pushed back Saturday morning against reports he was considering replacing the White House press briefing room with an indoor swimming pool but said he was considering moving media “to a less obnoxious location.”

Despite being 10.5-point underdogs at home, Illinois football defeated Oregon 21-10 and improved to 4-3 on the season.

Ukraine and Russia have signaled their willingness to resume U.S.-brokered peace talks and are backing a humanitarian mission led by U.S. first lady Melania Trump.

The Tolono Fire Protection District recently got a new set of wheels, and the firefighters themselves made their truck even cooler and more efficient.

Federal authorities arrested a government contractor and charged him with leaking classified national defense information, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Friday.

The high school football playoffs have begun with teams playing the first batch of opening round games on Friday night, plus regional championship action on the soccer field.

Tea has long been lauded as a healthy beverage choice. When people started steeping the leaves around 2700 B.C., it started out as an herbal medicinal beverage.

A motorcyclist suffered “life threatening injuries” after crashing into a center median early Saturday morning in Decatur.

Trevor Megill was shouting in celebration and the Milwaukee Brewers were bolting out of the dugout to congratulate one another, believing they had just escaped a ninth-inning jam to win Game 1 of the World Series.

The FDA has issued a recall for 23 GLP-1 compounded vials from Apothecary Pharma LLC due to lack of assurance the vials are sterile.

A Champaign County organization is putting the rolls in reverse for local farmers by putting food on their plates.

The coroner has released their findings--after a toddler loses their life and two adults are charged. Deb's Kitchen, ready to serve you at the hot bar, and our sports team is sizzling with their coverage of HS playoff football, soccer and Illini Men's basketball. See you at ten!

Two people are facing murder charges in Edgar County after the death of a girl under their care was officially ruled a homicide. STORY: wcia.com/news/edgar-county/e…