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Remember that bullshit non-compete document that Jimmy John’s — headquartered here in C-U — was making minimum wage employees sign? Well, thanks to the Illinois Attourney General, it is officially bullshit to enforce said bullshit. …

Pinball is popping up all around CU and this website can give you the locations of all of the machines in town. It is a user maintained website so you can add to it or …

Innovation Celebration 2017 is taking place Friday, March 3rd of 2017, though there’s still time to nominate someone for an INNCEL award. Check out all the information below, though the deadline is next Friday, December …

A recent New York Times Travel section article about David Foster Wallace mentions Champaign-Urbana and the ways in which this particular part of the Midwest influenced the writer’s work. In the article, author Lynn Freehill-Maye roadtripped …

II-VI EpiWorks (fka simply EpiWorks) has recently undergone a major acquisition over the course of the past year, and are clearly one of the best success stories in Champaign-Urbana tech as of late. The work …

If you’re familiar with unique holiday traditions, you have probably heard of madrigal singers, the extracurricular activity in high school that focuses on seasonal songs and medieval culture. Champaign Central High School is no exception to …

Feast Magazine, the St. Louis-based, Missouri- and Midwest-focused food magazine, has recently featured Champaign’s own Hopscotch: Cakes & Confections in an article about éclairs. Congrats, Hopscotch! You can read the write-up here. In short: Hopscotch makes …

Riggs Beer Company is hosting a pre-Thanksgiving celebration from 3 to 10 p.m. on Wednesday, November 23rd. In addition to some tasty brews on tap, Brother George’s BBQ truck will be on hand dishing out …

A group of University of Illinois researchers and scientists have just uncovered some world-class news: tinkering with a plant’s genetic engineering, they can alter photosynthesis to make the plant more productive – 20% more productive, …