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After Newt Gingrich scored some points during his South Carolina campaign by calling Barack Obama the “food stamp president,” C-U Citizen Access’ Dan Petrella took a look at local Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program enrollment. Nationally, …

A once vaunted recruiting class seems to be dwindling before our very eyes, and with it, my nostalgic feelings towards Bruce Weber. Head, via ESPN: “I want to go somewhere they play my style of …

Click here to read all about it. The FBI reviewed the facts and circumstances surrounding a video of an arrest on 6/5/2011 by the Champaign Police Department. From a federal civil rights perspective, this review …

Parasol Records will be suspending the operations of its mail order and record store services, effective December 17. I think I speak for all of C-U and thousands of others around the world when I …

From the you-didn’t-hear-it-from-me file comes the text of an email from Champaign Deputy Police Chief John Murphy: I came to the conclusion a few weeks ago that I would be expected to make some accommodations …

CU-CitizenAccess continues to do great work exposing the underreported aspects of C-U life. This time, it is sharing information that Champaign County is unwilling to provide — the list of restaurants that have failed inspection …

WILL reports that Champaign Police Chief R.T. Finney will retire, effective January 20th. Finney has been Chief of Police since 2003, and presided over the Kiwane Carrington shooting. Finney states on the city of Champaign …

As Daytrotter wrote in their weekly email today: We don’t like to claim desperate times, but ticket sales have been hovering at 15% of our projections to break even on the tour and we can’t …

As it was, as it is, as it ever will be. Another quality local band moves on. From The Leadership’s Facebook page: Hey guys. We’re about to move to Nashville! Circle of life, y’all.