Update: Champaign County Humane Society will now be doing adoptions by appointment. From the Executive Director: CCHS will resume animal adoptions by appointment, beginning Wednesday 3/25. If you are interested in adopting a pet, please …
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Triptych is trying out beer delivery
It took a pandemic for all of our dreams to come true. Triptych is trying out delivery to Champaign, Urbana, and Savoy. Here’s the procedure, per their Facebook page: Choose the beer you’d like, add …
You can get beer plus a few essentials from Rose Bowl Tavern
Rose Bowl Tavern is selling a whole bunch of packaged alcohol right now: various six-packs of beer, bottles of wine, liquor bottles. Now they are creating a little one-stop shop where you can also grab …
Yep, you can still visit the Champaign County Forest Preserves
On Saturday, Governor Pritzker ordered all of us to “stay at home” unless you operate, work for, or need goods or services from an essential business (i.e. food providers, gas stations, medical offices). The order …
The Douglass Community Center gym is serving as a temporary overnight shelter
C-U at Home, in seeking to continue it’s overnight men’s shelter and also keep distancing recommendations, has connected with the Champaign Park District and will be using the Douglass Community Center gym at 70 E …
Here’s a video of Kenny Rogers at Farm Aid
We all learned today that music legend Kenny Rogers passed away at the age of 81. Here he is at Farm Aid singing, in my personal and very humble opinion, his best song [I know, …
Parkland donated a bunch of protective gear to Carle
Parkland College leaders gathered up Personal Protective Equipment from the Health Professions and Career and Technical Education divisions of the college for donation to Carle Hospital. Here is their Facebook post:
Urbana Park District parks are open for use, but please don’t use the playgrounds
As the weather gets warmer, we are going to rely on the amazing outdoor spaces we have here in C-U, and I’m sure folks were already doing so earlier this week when we had some …
Miller Park Zoo is doing regular live streaming
Animal videos might save all of us during this time, and here is an opportunity to see what’s happening behind the scenes at the close-to-local Miller Park Zoo in Bloomington. They are posting daily videos …
You can get your Espresso Royale fix at three locations
Espresso Royale now has three locations that are open and ready to provide you with coffee (both drinks and beans) and treats. You can grab a drink and maybe this amazing scone sandwich, and enjoy …