Here are the most-viewed stories each month of 2011 at www.news-gazette.com:

January: A story about the founder of Jimmy John's contemplating leaving the state.

February: The month kicked off with a story about thousands without power after a winter storm.

March: Buildings housing well-known businesses in the heart of campus were damaged in a fire.

April: Clint Atkins, an influential real estate developer of long standing, died at the age of 65.

May: On a Sunday afternoon, gunshots were fired at Champaign's Market Place Mall.

June: Lack of business forced the closing of Buttitta's restaurant in Champaign.

July: A Champaign couple and their daughter died when their plane crashed near Rantoul.

August: A busing mistake meant a 5-year-old was left at home alone for hours after his first day at school.

September: A driver called police to report seeing a body along a road northwest of Champaign.

October: The former owner of Nature's Table was found dead in Urbana.

November: Family members say a girl who apparently committed suicide in Vermilion County had been teased and taunted.

December: A University of Illinois professor was badly injured in an attack at the Illinois Terminal.