The central Illinois scene is filled with local producers looking to connect their communities more closely with the food they consume.
Is it true that Homer Country Market is closing its doors?
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.
A building permit filed last week with the city of Champaign shows Kam’s relocating to 102 E. Green St., C, the former site of a Domino's that’s since been torn down, while the 600 block of East Daniel Street, where it stood for decades, is expected to be turned into a new apartment/retail/office complex.
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.
The Latest
The central Illinois scene is filled with local producers looking to connect their communities more closely with the food they consume.
Is it true that Homer Country Market is closing its doors?
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.
A building permit filed last week with the city of Champaign shows Kam’s relocating to 102 E. Green St., C, the former site of a Domino's that’s since been torn down, while the 600 block of East Daniel Street, where it stood for decades, is expected to be turned into a new apartment/retail/office complex.
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.
Manager Greg Wilson said Turk Furniture, 200 N. Vermilion St., launched a store-closing liquidation sale last Wednesday. A few miles north, Emin and Mirlinda Musaj were cleaning out Five Star Family Restaurant, 3216 N. Vermilion St., which closed Sunday afternoon after 13 years.
'I'm nervous. It's a huge opportunity for us,' Michael McDonald said of his decision to assume Li'l Porgy's lease in Urbana and buy Bill Van der Wyngaerde's equipment.
'I'll be 77 in September, so yes, I'm tired,' Bill Van der Wyngaerde, who has owned the institutions for 40 years, said of his reason for cutting back. Later this year, his 49-year-old daughter will move to the area to learn the business in hopes that it will be around for a long time.
Items about rerouting U.S. routes 45 and 150 through Champaign-Urbana, the new football performance center, closed rest areas, the washboard surface of North Lincoln Avenue in Somer Township, blocked intersections, mowing the grass along rural roads, and how soon C-U will see flashing yellow arrows.
The Danville Dans tallied seven runs in a home victory Tuesday night, triggering for the fifth time this season a promotion that allows those in attendance to score up to three hamburgers the next day at Culver’s on North Vermilion Street for the low, low price of $1.
NEW YORK (AP) — Inside an Indiana aquafarming complex, thousands of salmon eggs genetically modified to grow faster than normal are hatching into tiny fish. After growing to roughly 10 pounds (4.5 kilograms) in indoor tanks, they could be served in restaurants by late next year.
Tom Kacich has thoughts.
The test will begin in September or October at one location in Houston. Customers can place an order online, track the vehicle's location and retrieve their pizza from the vehicle using a special code.
What’s next for Lil Porgy’s in Urbana?
What's next for the longtime restaurant?
Craft brewers, distributors and retail advocates held a news conference Friday to argue that beer is already taxed enough, and that adding more taxes will only make it harder for small businesses to expand in the emerging craft-beer industry.
Demolition of the bank's former drive-thru continued this week; KoFusion head chef Nigel Morgan also said 'the small lane closest to the building, that is being demolished and will be KoFusion's patio.'
A sign on its entrance doors had a message from 'Management' simply saying 'Moving forward, Garfield’s will no longer be open. Thank you for your continued patronage.'
After voicing his concerns about the plan to raise the package-liquor tax from 1 to 3 percent, Riggs Beer Company co-owner Darin Riggs asked that aldermen consider exempting his business.
If approved in June, this would put the theater on par with the AMC Champaign 13, which has served alcohol since about 2012.
The 24-page "Small Business, Large Impact" insert in today's News-Gazette kicks off Small Business Week, which began Sunday.
How are businesses chosen to appear on the blue interstate signs?
News-Gazette Media rode with a driver on a two-hour shift as he made five deliveries.
Police suspect Terry L. Gaines, 41, was shot during a robbery attempt, making him the 10th driver from five different restaurants to be robbed since March 2018.
On the heels of an impressive lineup of live music and comedy acts in 2018, the Vermilion County establishment is set to open its outdoor venue this weekend with a lineup that's already exceeding last year's.
