As the official holiday shopping season kicks off this weekend, Julie has some suggestions for making the most of your gift giving.
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Enjoy some free parking in Downtown Champaign this December
As you embark on your holiday activities in the coming month, you can take advantage of some free parking courtesy of the City of Champaign. You can park for free for up to two hours …
Check out some Champaign County museums and nature centers this long weekend
Thanksgiving weekend is an interesting one. The kids are home for extra days, you may be working, you may have the up to a week off, all the shopping is happening, perhaps you are spending …
The Community Coalition is hosting a community violence response forum tonight
These community violence forums are a way to get information and resources to community members who may have had members of their family, their school, their neighborhood affected by recent incidents of violence. It’s also …
Urbana City Council is voting on increased police presence in Urbana schools
Last week, the Urbana School Board voted 4-3 to spend $300,000 annually on putting more police officers in their schools. That decision that has drawn criticism from community members and parents concerned that the vote …
The Parkland women’s volleyball team made it to the national championships
We’ve made much ado, and rightfully so, about the University of Illinois volleyball team in recent years, especially as they made their final four run last year. But, let’s not overlook the Parkland Cobras. They …
The Prairie Play structure at Meadowbrook is going to be replaced
I think we can all take a moment to feel some feelings about that. When my kids were little, they referred to Meadowbrook as “the brown park” because of that play structure. It’s remained a …
Mark your calendar for Mottainai
The official start to the holiday shopping season is close at hand, and we will be bombarded with all the ads and sales and pre-packaged gift baskets and such. However, do not be sucked in …
Dial-a-Carol is back; it begins December 12th
Dial-a-Carol is a storied tradition at the University of Illinois, and it’s back for its 59th year. Beginning in 1960 at Snyder Hall, student volunteers now field thousands of calls with requests for carols every …
Here’s when JFK landed at Willard Airport
Today is November 22nd; 56 years ago President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. Did you know that three years prior he visited Champaign-Urbana? It was mere days before the 1960 election. He landed at Willard …