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According to the Peoria Journal-Star, the Peoria City Council voted down, last night by a 6-5 margin, a proposed ordinance that would have allowed up to three food trucks to operate in that city’s Warehouse …

Cafe Luna and Slow Food Champaign-Urbana will host a farm dinner on June 24, with food from Seven Sisters Farm, Prairie Fruits Farm, and vendors at the Urbana Farmer’s Market. Get tickets or more information here. 

Friday on Eight Forty-Eight we’ll discuss the Plastic Bag and Film Recycling Act with WBEZ’s North Side bureau reporter Odette Yousef and Don Gerard, the mayor of Champaign, Illinois. Listen to a stream of the …

The News-Gazette reports that, in preparation for upcoming construction of the hotel project in downtown Champaign, volunteers are removing the fence art at Church and Neil this evening, June 8, and tomorrow afternoon, June 9, and …

Carmon’s will bring the south to the midwest for their first “pop-up dinner” on Monday night, June 11, from 5-10 p.m.  Check out the Fried Chicken Shack details, which include Triple S Farm chickens brined in sweet …

Yesterday the City of Champaign posted an announcement on their website titled “City Launches Mobile Food Truck Pilot Project.” It reads, in part:  “The City of Champaign is launching a pilot project for the summer months …

Twitter lit up like a firestorm with last evening’s ominous Illini-Alert system announcement. Here’s some of what’s bound to be a lot of national media attention, given the vague and sinister nature of last night’s …

We can’t really say we told you so — it was more of an obvious observation if anything on our part. Lefse Records, home to some pretty buzz worthy up-and-comers either past or present (Neon Indian, Youth …

Last night, The Village of Savoy Board of Trustees voted 5-1 in favor of approving Triptych Brewing’s special use permit. This comes after much speculation and concern from local business owner(s) and neighborhood residents about …