DeAndre Henderson, Director of Alternative Programs, talks about the changes being made at the former ATT Call Center on Chanute AFB in Rantoul on Monday, July 31, 2023.

Chanute Air Force Base, ranked by a federal base-closing commission as the least valuable of the nation`s five Air Force training bases, actually is the second most valuable, according to new infor… ...

Closing Chanute Air Force Base in Downstate Rantoul would reduce that town`s population by 60 percent, close most schools in town and leave one out of four homes shuttered, according to a new ...