It’s National Mentoring Month, and CU One-to-One Mentoring is celebrating. According to the organization, over 600 adults serve as mentors in the Champaign Unit 4 and Urbana District 116 schools. In addition to honoring current …
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Get ready for early voting in Champaign County
It seems like the election cycle has been going on forever already, but now that 2020 has arrived it’s time for things to actually start happening. The county clerk’s office began taking vote by mail …
Pour Bros. is adding music bingo to their event lineup
One of the things I appreciate about Pour Bros., besides the opportunity to try lots of different beers and also play skeeball, is that they do a wide variety of fun events. I’ve been to …
The MTD 280 tranSPORT will run for Illinois Women’s Gymnastics meets
MTD launched the 280 tranSPORT bus to provide transportation to and from Illini Football and Volleyball games. Now they’ve added women’s home gymnastics meets to the service. It’s a summer olympics year, and the women’s …
Talk of Trader Joe’s is back
It was reported in The News-Gazette today that Champaign-Urbana is on a list of 200 possible locations for new Trader Joe’s stores. Before we get all worked up about it, it should be noted that …
Museum of the Grand Prairie’s Garden Speaker Series begins January 26th
The museum’s speaker series is focusing on the topic of climate change, and there will be three separate sessions, all free and open to the public. Climate change in your backyard and forest, January 26th, …
PhotoniCare received FDA clearance for their TOMi scope technology
PhotoniCare is a local medical device startup that began in the bioengineering lab of the University of Illinois. They have specifically been working on technology that would help physicians in diagnosing and treating middle ear …
Julie Pryde was appointed the Illinois State Board of Health
This week Governor Pritzker named seven people to the Illinois State Board of Health, and our own Champaign-Urbana Public Health District Administrator Julie Pryde is one of them. She’s done immense amount of good for …
Did you know Champaign Outdoors has a book club?
Champaign Outdoors has been all about the community outreach this year; they’ve launched the Flatlanders Club, they’re hosting adventure trips, and they’ve done all sorts of educational events from learning about tornado chasing to learning …
An Illinois Theatre professor got a shout out from Tom Hanks
Sunday night at the Golden Globes, Tom Hanks received the Cecil B. deMille award, and in his speech was a little nugget that has C-U ties. He spoke about his first professional gig as an …