Carrie Hennigh and Linda Carico — Rantoul natives both — signed the papers Monday morning to buy the popular restaurant located at 400 N. Century Blvd. from Tony and Ashley Grilo of Thomasboro.
Linda Weiner and Susan Garner got together in 2007 to organize the first C-U Empty Bowls event with local potters, and have been involved in these events ever since.
The University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine’s annual open house is back as an in-person event, and much of it will be held outdoors.
Last held in spring 2019, the Champaign-Urbana Empty Bowls annual benefit and raffle to benefit Daily Bread Soup Kitchen is back on for this year.
The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District reported 39 new COVID-19 cases in Champaign Tuesday.
During Amnesty Week persons owing on court cases will be able to pay their total due minus any late fees and collection fees.
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Recent dry weather has prompted farmers to kick in the after-burners. USDA figures indicate corn harvest is farther along than usual.
Carrie Hennigh and Linda Carico — Rantoul natives both — signed the papers Monday morning to buy the popular restaurant located at 400 N. Century Blvd. from Tony and Ashley Grilo of Thomasboro.
Today is Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021. Here are local news reports from 100, 50 and 15 years ago:
Meet Villa Grove difference-maker Molly Little
New Unit 4 Superintendent Shelia Boozer at Monday's school board meeting: “We are going to host various trauma-informed workshops with a lens on healing, and that is something that I’ve been seeing for the last couple of months since I moved here. There is a lot of healing that needs to take place in this community."
A Tolono woman has been sentenced to 52 months in prison for embezzling more than $600,000 from her former employer and failure to pay income tax.
CAIRO — Anyone who has driven America’s interstate highway system is familiar with the blue signs near exits indicating the services available ahead — fuel, food and lodging.
“I don’t know a lot of people who can completely plan the path of their life,” said Jennifer Shelby, who recently sold the Ford dealership in Hoopeston, which she had bought in 2015. She closed a Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-Ram store in that city in 2018 due to lack of business.
COVID-19 cases in Champaign County rose by 38 Monday, with no new testing data reported on the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District website.
Lots of music this week, from the Pygmalion festival to the Marching Illini to the Bob Dylan/Carl Perkins song, "Champaign, Illinois." Also, will The Ribeye ever open again?
Today is Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. Here are local news reports from 100, 50 and 15 years ago:
Among those sharing memories: drama and musical directors from Champaign Central, Urbana, Monticello, Arcola, Rantoul, Salt Fork, DeLand-Weldon, Westville and ALAH.
The arrival of a new $70 million Carle facility and the prospect of a new casino have Danville city leaders optimistic in the wake of new U.S. Census Bureau figures showing the area lost a greater percentage of residents in the last decade than all but one other U.S. city.
“One aspect of Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk is especially attractive to me: All are ‘work hard, play hard’ business leaders. Each has worked very hard and with great focus to grow beyond anything others have ever done.”
In Birdland, we’re finally getting a soaking rain. We’ve had a few showers in the past week, but so light that it’s more like walking through a mist than even a sprinkle.
Writes Tom Kuipers: My wife and I are going to have a daughter and could not be more excited to welcome her to the world. With this in mind, I tried to find inspiration in my new role as a parent for the Champaign County Historical Archives’ contribution to this week’s “Inside Out” entry.
For information about services available to older adults, contact Pam Jacobsen, director of the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program and Helen Mary Stevick Senior Citizens Center, 2102 Windsor Place, C, at 217-359-6500. RSVP and the Stevick Center are administered by Family Service of Champa…
Today is Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021. Here are local news reports from 100, 50 and 15 years ago:
The creative kids at Unity High School found a way to put on a homecoming dance.
Matthew Korinek told the judge he had changed significantly since August 2019, when while drunk he punched several people without provocation at different locations around campus.
People packed the streets for Pride Fest, with this year’s theme being “What the Health? Fighting, Surviving, Thriving" and C-U Public Health Administrator Julie Pryde — dressed as her alter ego, “Ms. Anita Break" — serving as grand marshal.
Police said a search of Chelsea Whitney, 36, turned up a cylinder that contained about 13 grams of cocaine.
Two of the handguns were attributed to Trent, who does not have a firearm owner's identification card, a prosecutor said.
A search of the apartment turned up four handguns, ammunition and about a pound of cannabis.
News and notes from around our area, courtesy contributor Nora Maberry-Daniels. Have something to report? Email her at noraemaberry@gmail.com.
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