Also coming to Champaign: Naf Middle Eastern Grill and Sakanaya.
If you could use a little more kindness in your life, Dorinda and Mike Prince have made that the theme of their brand new Arcola shop: D&M Fueling Station.
Have you ever wondered about the possibility of volunteering your time by serving as a member of a board for a nonprofit organization?
How Kathy Rhoads spent part of her St. Patrick’s Day was riding in a parade of vehicles past assisted-living communities to try and spread some cheer to seniors.
'When we add alcohol sales to a theater, there is a natural increase in the amount spent per person. But it’s more about providing a total entertainment experience.'
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For 30 years, Gibson City’s German restaurant Bayern Stube has made its hunters feast an annual tradition.
Chicago-based Tricoci University of Beauty Culture is offering teachers, front-line essential workers and active and retired military personnel a break on its services at all 16 of its locations, including those in Urbana and Danville.
Ben Manns: 'In my mind, it just makes sense to help as many people as you can as often as you can.'
Commencement ceremonies at the University of Illinois, the reopening of a local restaurant, a new solar technology being applied at the Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building at the UI, renewable energy sources at the university and Kofi Cockburn's slam dunks.
Regina Johnson has been baking cakes for years, but once she needed to start a gluten-free diet for health reasons, she decided to begin perfecting her cakes and other baked goods in all gluten-free versions.
Champaign and Urbana distributed more than $700,000 in federally-funded COVID-19 relief grants through the Coronavirus Urgent Remediation Emergency program created by the state.
Details on a nearly 100-year-old commercial spot near Urbana High School, status of Baxter's, a hazardous household waste collection day is on the calendar, The Venue in downtown Champaign, a damaged bridge on I-74 in Mahomet, hunting for crow, plans for South Mattis Avenue in Champaign.
Luxe Balloons & Backdrops by T. Nickole will be taking over the former Teavana store at the mall Feb. 11-14 to sell helium balloon bouquets to go.
Is the Champaign plant helping make it?
Yes, the annual Champaign County Area Restaurant Week will again be celebrated this year. But with a twist.
'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.
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