The Mailbag staff hit the road this week — Champaign, Urbana, Savoy, Danville, Rantoul, Champaign County — with questions about everything from the origin of the name Shake Rag Road to a former movie theater building in Champaign to beer sales this fall at Memorial Stadium.
News about school district property in north Champaign, a Culver’s under construction in Urbana, an antique gate at Champaign’s McKinley Field, possible changes to Florida Avenue in Urbana, a new bank building in Champaign and the restoration of Lorado Taft’s Black Hawk statue in Oregon, Ill.
County Executive Darlene Kloeppel said this week that Moody’s affirmed the county’s Aa2 rating and removed its 'negative outlook' designation.
For their extensive work and generosity locally, Ed and Carol Scharlau will be presented Thursday with the Community Foundation of East Central Illinois' Kyle and Phyllis Robeson Philanthropy Award.
Staff writer Paul Wood chats with the wealth manager at Busey Bank, host of WDWS 1400-AM's 'Busey Money Talk' and Crisis Nursery board member.
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The Mailbag staff hit the road this week — Champaign, Urbana, Savoy, Danville, Rantoul, Champaign County — with questions about everything from the origin of the name Shake Rag Road to a former movie theater building in Champaign to beer sales this fall at Memorial Stadium.
News about school district property in north Champaign, a Culver’s under construction in Urbana, an antique gate at Champaign’s McKinley Field, possible changes to Florida Avenue in Urbana, a new bank building in Champaign and the restoration of Lorado Taft’s Black Hawk statue in Oregon, Ill.
County Executive Darlene Kloeppel said this week that Moody’s affirmed the county’s Aa2 rating and removed its 'negative outlook' designation.
For their extensive work and generosity locally, Ed and Carol Scharlau will be presented Thursday with the Community Foundation of East Central Illinois' Kyle and Phyllis Robeson Philanthropy Award.
Staff writer Paul Wood chats with the wealth manager at Busey Bank, host of WDWS 1400-AM's 'Busey Money Talk' and Crisis Nursery board member.
The incident happened about 3:45 p.m. at Heartland Bank and Trust, 602 S. Vine St., U.
Elisabeth Meyer Kimmel and 15 other parents were hit with another charge Tuesday in the wide-ranging scandal.
Tim Sloan said in a statement he will give up his roles as CEO, president and member of the bank's board of directors effective immediately. He will retire from the bank completely on June 30.
Owner Janet Bubin is planning to move the cocktail lounge and sushi bar from the One Main complex near Neil and Main streets, where it's been since 2005, to 30 E. Main St., C, which she bought for $2.73 million in December after PNC announced its move to Midtown Plaza.
The company said it benefited last year from its 2017 acquisitions of First Community Financial Partners in the southwest suburbs of Chicago for $239.7 million and Mid Illinois Bancorp in Peoria for $138.2 million.
In the past few years in particular, more online-only banks such as Ally or Simple have appeared, making it easy for customers to create a checking and savings account from a smartphone.
Regional President Brian Ray took The News-Gazette on a tour of the new facility, which looks a little different than the 110-year-old building it's leaving at 30 E. Main St. in the heart of downtown Champaign.
Joe Ambrose, who became head of the Champaign company in 2008, died unexpectedly Friday. He was 61.
Janet Bubin declined to share her plans for the building, which PNC plans to leave in January once it moves to the new Midtown Plaza development at 302 S. First St., C.
Carol Vorel's latest 'Cold Cases' project is a change of direction for the longtime reporter, whose previous six efforts dealt with unsolved murders. This one focuses on two robberies in 2016 at an Urbana bank.
Staff writer Paul Wood chats with the 35-year-old Champaign resident and senior vice president at Busey Bank who recently took top honors at the 2018 edition of 'Dancing With the CU Stars.'
Understanding our money personalities can help us better manage our finances and understand family and friends whose financial behaviors may baffle us.
But folks certainly are avoiding them in favor of credit, debit and apps.
If your credit card or its number is used by an unauthorized user, do you have to eat the debt owed to the card issuer? What about debit or ATM cards? Is one better than the other? What the heck is the difference between them anyway?
The holding company for Busey Bank plans to buy Banc Ed Corp, the holding company for The Bank of Edwardsville, for about $304.9 million, putting it closer to $10 billion in assets — a threshold where various regulations kick in.
Unlike the towns' high school football teams, employees at sister banks in Arcola and Tuscola get along just fine. Still, president and CEO Dale Boyer has to be careful when picking out his wardrobe.
Busey Bank's holding company reported reported 33 percent growth in revenue and a 53 percent increase in profit compared with the same period a year ago.
The bank is looking to move from its home in the historic building that once housed First National Bank in downtown Champaign, while Fernando's is establishing a brick-and-mortar operation to complement its food truck.
Staff writer Paul Wood chats with the 58-year-old CEO of Cozad Asset Management who has been instrumental in promoting startups in the area.
With increasing retail sales, population and University of Illinois enrollment, the soon-to-retire Ed Scharlau said he's as optimistic as he's ever been about the state of the local economy.
