After losing grant, Urban League forced to reinvent itself

CHAMPAIGN – In a modest studio off North Fourth Street, the radio host settles into his chair as funk music plays in the background.

"All right Champaign, what's happenin'?" host Tracy Parsons intones in his deep voice. "Let's make some 'Urban Talk.' "

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• Urban League's court battle with state still in limbo
• To work UI land, farmers say they must 'pay up or get out'
• University looking at ways to attract more transfer students
• Urbana Middle School secretary's motor always running
• Man struck by car as he crossed street dies in hospital
• School assembly to honor senior killed in accident
• Human Kinetics hopes Texas program spreads to other states
• Company's first e-book looks at role of blacks in sports
• Obituaries

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