Love the forest preserves in Champaign County? I mean who doesn’t — they are an asset to our area. Here’s a great way to be involved with their programming and operations: The Champaign County Forest …
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Want to be on the Urbana Park District Board of Commissioners?
Well now is the time to grab a nominating petition and start collecting those signatures. Two commissioners will be elected during the consolidated election on April 2nd, 2019, and this is a good way to …
First ever Roger Ebert Symposium is happening on October 1st
The influence of Roger Ebert’s legacy in C-U and at the University of Illinois will continue to expand with next week’s event. While Ebertfest brings a wide variety of cinematic experiences to C-U, this symposium …
See Lyric Theatre at Illinois’ The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee this week
Lyric Theatre at Illinois, “a comprehensive program embracing a broad continuum of opera and musical theatre,” is venturing outside of their usual home at Krannert Center’s Tryon Festival Theater for this production — it will take place …
PSA: PYGMALION will be taking over a portion of Goodwin Avenue
PYGMALION kicks off this week, and will be generally focused in Urbana this time around. In case you plan to be out and about on the Urbana side of campus later this week, please take …
Dr. Howard demolition is happening today
One of the oldest school buildings in Unit 4 is coming down today. Built in 1910, with several additions throughout the years, it’s been a renovation priority for families in the district for years (with …
Sample ballots are available, and it’s almost time for early voting
Midterm elections have notoriously low turnout, in comparison to presidential election years, but they are as consequential, if not more than the “big” ones every four years. As a result, this is not the first time …
Here are your City of Urbana Leaf Collection dates
Attention Urbana-ites, Urbanians…people who live in Urbana. You will have three different weeks throughout the season to put your leaves and such out for collections. October 22 – 26 November 5 – 9 November 26 …
The Penguin Project puts the spotlight on independence and empathy
This weekend's performance of High School Musical Jr. is a unique opportunity for youth with special needs.
Hot Rod is about to get a cool $1 million from a major super-PAC
Illinois’ 13th Congressional District has been in Republican hands for a very, very, very, long time. Because while Champaign-Urbana is a solid blue dot with other pockets in Springfield and Decatur, IL-13 is largely rural …