Staff writer Paul Wood chats with the Champaign County Board member about his time in public service at the UI. He's practicing what he preached: His 2016 doctoral thesis was on 'The thoughts of African American Christian religious leaders and university professors on seeking public office.'
Monday is the day to see swift planet's transit — the next one visible from Illinois will be in 30 years — but you'll need some specialized tools to do so.
Since 1993, my Halloween costume has been a cow, complete with udders and a tail. I recently added cow ears, and I’m still trying to figure out how milk could shoot from my udders, especially since complete strangers feel free to tug on them.Some years, I wear face paint and/or black and whi…
We couldn’t have asked for a nicer day for a little trip. Last week, Michael said, “Mary, we don’t have time to take a vacation.” But my logic won my husband over: “We get an extra hour back for daylight-saving time.” Besides, Indianapolis is only a short jaunt, and we were headed for the zo…
“I’m not going to church today,” Jimmy told his mother. “And I’ll give you two good reasons. I don’t like them, and they don’t like me.”
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Over the years, I’ve never written specifically about any overarching purpose for Environmental Almanac, trusting that I’ll either accomplish my aims or not whether I talk about them or not.
For information about services available to older adults, contact Karen Kraemer, director of the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) and Helen Mary Stevick Senior Citizens Center, 15 E. Main St., Champaign, IL 61820, call 217-359-6500.
Although leaf raking can really spruce up the landscape, consider leaving some fallen leaves as winter habitat for many insects, arachnids (spiders), small mammals, amphibians and birds.
Champaign County Animal Control Director Stephanie Joos said staff entered the home in the 1300 block of West Springfield Avenue on Oct. 22 after getting a tip and 'it was deemed necessary to impound all dogs on the property,' including 69 adult dogs and 15 puppies.
In our weekly feature spotlighting area religious leaders, staff writer Tim Mitchell chats with the Rev. Anthony Co, new pastor at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Urbana.
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DANVILLE — Danville High School’s madrigals will present the 45th annual Madrigals Dinner from Dec. 3-5 at St. James United Methodist Church.
The first CU Campus Community Interfaith Exploration series, an effort to connect faith communities, the UI, community groups, campus religious and student organizations, and UI students, faculty and staff, runs Thursday through Sunday on campus and at local houses of worship.
A GoFundMe campaign to cover care for the puppy pulled out of Champaign's Kaufman Lake on Saturday surpassed its $5,000 goal in less than three days. The dog's rescuer, Bryant Fritz, said there will likely be additional medical care that those funds can help with.
The Honor Roll Project, posted by Heather Wilkinson Rojo at honorrollproject.weebly.com, is seeking volunteers on Veterans Day (Nov. 11) to “photograph a local honor roll or war monument and transcribe the names.” The data will be posted and made available for researchers.
Another dreary, gray, cold day. But it is almost November, so it can be expected, I guess.
Many endurance athletes use commercial gels for energy during training and races, but potatoes are just as effective as a source of fuel, according to a new study by University of Illinois researchers.
A little TLC at the UI's Small Animal Clinic has brought out the puppy in Poppy, the eight-month-old dog rescued from Kaufman Lake on Saturday who was released to animal control Monday, where she will stay while police investigate who left her in a cage in the lake.
Staff writer Paul Wood chats with director of development at Champaign County Court Appointed Special Advocates who is a member of the Forty Under 40 Class of 2019.
The house on Delaware Avenue was designed by Jack Baker, an architecture professor at the University of Illinois for more than 43 years. He died in 2013.
Cops and robbers, gunplay, and high society play major parts in the initial exhibit in Champaign County History Museum’s newly redesigned gallery, “Who We Are: Stories of Champaign County.” The gallery’s focus will change every six months or so. The first exhibition, the “Harris Mansion Heis…
For information about services available to older adults, contact Karen Kraemer, director of the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) and Helen Mary Stevick Senior Citizens Center, 15 E. Main St., Champaign, IL 61820, call 217-359-6500.
Most can persist beyond a first frost to be harvestable a little later than other, more tender garden crops.
In our weekly feature spotlighting area religious leaders, staff writer Tim Mitchell talks with parishioners at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Ivesdale, the 'cathedral of the cornfield' that is celebrating its 150th anniversary this weekend.
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The executive director of the East Central Illinois Youth for Christ and pastor of Berean Covenant Church, both in Champaign, shared his insights on 'changing the culture.'
It will debut May 30 and feature an afternoon of recreational and athletic activities scattered throughout the village as well as an evening party at Willard Airport featuring a 5K run on a lighted runway.
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This Tuesday afternoon seems to have cleared off from the stormy clouds. It is amazing how much better I feel after a period of clouds.
DANVILLE — Love In the Name of Christ is set to host its fourth annual Praise & Pastries fundraiser Nov. 7.
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