As we near the end of black history month, WCIA is looking back on a woman in Rantoul who broke barriers early on in her career.

They’ve been saying that the last five-six-seven shows” that the biennial show wouldn’t be held in Rantoul, Half Century Co-Chair Russell Buhr said.

The Half Century of Progress farm show has reached an agreement with the Rantoul National Aviation Center to host its next ...

Deron Wolfe, 19, from Rantoul, Illinois, was arrested on Friday just after 4 p.m. in the 1100 block of North Falcon Drive in the Champaign County municipality. He was charged with one felony count ...

Ellsworth Dansby III spoke about his father, a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, at the African American Cultural and ...

A shooting just outside Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico left one airman dead and another hospitalized early Saturday morning, the Air Force said. Members of the 377th Security Forces ...

A U.S. Air Force base in New Mexico reported a fatal shooting in the early hours of Saturday morning following an “off-base pursuit” that warranted a rapid response from local law enforcement.

The Air Force was not yet a separate branch of the military. He began his military service at Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul and was part of the 99th Squadron, an all-Black unit. The military ...