For years Ive wondered why the bars in Champaigns Campustown seem to be able to get away with everything short of murder  drink specials and other outrageous promotions -- things that obviously are designed to have young adults drink as much as

As a longtime Illinois basketball fan theres one thing that is bothering me about all the attention going to the Illini this year: too many people, nationally and locally, are acting as though Illinois has never been that great a basketball team, or prog

Yeah, I know it's still basketball season -- and I think it'll be Illini basketball season for another 30 days or so -- but here's one sign that summer is not that far away: the 2005 Danville Dans schedule.

The big furor over Democratic pollwatchers challenging Republican voters in Urbana's Democratic primary Tuesday turned out to be a nonstory.

Can the three-way Urbana Democratic mayoral primary on Tuesday get any weirder?

Well, this can't be good news for the Laurel Prussing campaign ...

Laurel Prussing's campaign for mayor of Urbana was scheduled to begin running television ads today on five stations -- CNN, CNN Headline News, Discovery, The Histiry Channel and The Weather Channel.

I dont feel like writing about politics tonight. There will be plenty of that in the next week. But Ill make some other observations:

The Associated Press is reporting that DuPage County State's Attorney Joe Birkett is considering running for governor next year. The AP says that Birkett "narrowly lost" to Lisa Madigan in the race for attorney general in 2002.

Champaign County Board Democrat Tom Betz, who is Urbana Mayor Tod Satterthwaite's next-door neighbor, and who signed a fund-raising letter for the mayor a couple of months ago, now says he's supporting challenger Laurel Prussing in the Feb. 22 Democ