'COVID-19 is not merely a nuisance or an inconvenience. These dashboards with those numbers to which we have grown so hardened are not statistics to be debated and analyzed. These are human lives. Every infection. Every hospitalization. Every death.'
Arcola Flower Shop has moved into the space of the former Olde Brick Wall shop at 122 E. Main St. in downtown Arcola.
Like many wedding spaces, renovated Venue CU waiting for COVID-19 restrictions to loose before opening its doors all the way.
Were Savoy trustees receptive to the theater being granted a liquor license?
Tolono bar on the hook for a $50 fee to get its health permit reinstated.
'It will be a slow process for guests to get comfortable with eating in restaurants.'
Returning customers will find most of the same longtime employees back on the job.
Furloughed employees returning to work.
There’s a familiar face behind Whipper Snapper’s Southern Grill, a new family-style restaurant under development in Danville.
Doors and windows are boarded up at the Ice House
'I’m just trying to prove a point that this whole thing is ridiculous.'
A sign on the door says, “Sorry, we’re closed permanently. O’Charley’s thanks you for your patronage and we hope to see you soon!”
The gaming board is supposed to approve licenses within a year or provide a written explanation for why it hasn’t.
'We’re not going to close down his business,' Rob Murphy said, but he said he would like to see the pub be nicer to health officials.
Andrea Hunt-Shelton has continuied her CU Petal Project throughout COVID-19, putting donations to work along with her own donated time by making/delivering floral bouquets to nursing home residents, hospital patients and others who may be cheered by flowers.
'There is no doubt that we have lost and will lose some businesses because of the pandemic and its impact, and it’s heartbreaking.'
A Champaign County Judge issued a written temporary restraining order Thursday against Lil Buford's, prohibiting the Tolono bar and grill from operating without a valid health permit.
At a hearing Wednesday, Judge Roger Webber granted the county health department a temporary restraining order against Billy Bob’s, 105 E. Broadway St., Ogden.
A temporary restraining order hearing for Merry Ann’s Diner set for Thursday has been cancelled after a settlement order was entered Wednesday by Judge Benjamin Dyer.
Carryout customers waiting at Apple Dumplin'
Indoor service at both bars and restaurants is currently forbidden, due to the spread of COVID-19.
Ellie Tanner isn’t waiting until after she graduates from high school to pursue her dream of becoming a pastry chef.
Jim Flaningam said after the hearing that he does plan to offer some carry-out service, but doesn't know when he will be permitted to do that.
Next up is a hearing on Apple Dumplin’ set for 9:30 a.m. today before Champaign County Judge Benjamin Dyer.
Each cabin can seat up to six people and is heated via an individual duct.
For the last 45 years, Christmas Eve at the Esquire Lounge in Champaign meant one thing: Fried chicken, free of charge, to anyone who walked in the door.
Jeff Buckler said it’s going to take a court order to make him stop serving at Lil Buford’s, the bar and grill he owns in Tolono.
Establishments in Ivesdale, Rantoul and Tolono
Dyer said he doesn’t want to trivialize the Flaningams’ hardships, but to rule otherwise would be to trivialize the sacrifices many other restaurants that are following the rules have made.
Apple Dumplin’ restaurant is now under a temporary court order forbidding it to continue operating without a health permit.
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