Whether people are gathering at your house, or you will be a guest in someone else’s, don’t you think you should get some beautiful flowers to enhance your Thanksgiving dinner eating experience? Just look at …
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There is so much weakness in this headline
So good to know that the powers that be at Thomasboro Grade School are kind of maybe thinking about asking people to vote on removing a racist mascot. Top screenshot from The News-Gazette website.
Columbia Street Roastery has a whiskey barrel aged coffee
Columbia Street Roastery aged their Brazil coffee in a Jack Daniel’s whiskey barrel for a month, and now those beans are all packaged up and ready for you to take home. Here is the flavor …
Japan House is bringing Mottainai to the Allerton Mansion
Japan House is bringing back their annual bazaar, Mottainai, but this year it will at the Allerton Mansion, as a part of the Holiday Showcase happening December 3-5. From Japan House: As a vendor, we …
Planning for the Champaign County African American Heritage Trail is underway
A committee of 29 community stakeholders, led by co-chairs Angela M. Rivers and Barbara Suggs-Mason, is planning for a trail that celebrates African American history in Champaign County. There will be stops in Homer, Broadlands, …
Rodney Davis supports vitriolic rhetoric
Yesterday, the House voted to censure Representative Paul Gosar (AZ-04) after he posted a photoshopped anime video of him killing Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) and attaching President Biden. The only two Republicans that voted for …
Everyday Kitchen is serving brunch Thanksgiving weekend
Everyday Kitchen will be serving brunch November 26-28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., for those wanting to get out of the house a bit and take a break from leftovers. Their brunch menu features …
The release of Saints Row has been delayed
Volition’s reboot of their popular Saints Row game was set to be released in February 2022, and now that has been delayed. The new release date is August 23, 2022. From Jim Boone, Chief Creative Officer: …
The Urbana City Council voted against Automatic License Plate Readers
With the rise in gun violence in Champaign-Urbana, both cities have been considering the use of Automatic License Plate Readers as a measure to identify possible perpatrators. The Champaign City Council discussed spending nearly $200,000 for …
The Mabery Gelvin Botanical Garden will be decorated with lights this year
Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve will have Night Lights in the Garden beginning the first weekend of December. Every Friday and Saturday in December, and the first two Saturdays in January, you can see …