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Mark your calendars for the leaf collection days in Urbana. You’ve got a solid month to get your yard cleaned up. There will be three weeks of pickups: October 31 – November 4 November 14 …

H3, a coalition of organizations working with with people impacted by violence in our community, is hosting a discussion in the City View room at Illinois Terminal from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. H3 stands …

Regardless of the calendar, fall unofficially begins when 710 Mart serves their grab-and-go sushi. After a long summer hiatus, the convenience store on Goodwin has their fridges stocked with affordable rolls. Apart from sushi, they …

The University of Illinois has reopened a community COVID-19 testing location at Campus Recreation Center East (CRCE). The saliva-based test will be available to anyone who needs one — U of I faculty, student, staff …

The City of Urbana has about $10 million in America Rescue Plan Funds to address the impacts of the pandemic. After working with the Champaign County Regional Planning Commission to develop a plan for the …

What’s better than a hamburger? A cheeseburger. This Sunday, September 18th is — I’m sure you already know — National Cheeseburger Day. At Smile Politely, we love burgers, and we even wrote a list of the BEST burgers …

Back in March, we shared that the previous home of the Orpheum Children’s Science Museum was going to become an event space. There have been some renovations and restorations happening, and now the Orpheum Champaign …

Planned Parenthood’s Champaign Health Center has upgraded their facilities and expanded their staff to be able to provide in-clinic, or surgical, abortions. Surgical abortions can be performed until 22 weeks into pregnancy.  Last year we …

In a Facebook post on Monday, Matt Talbott of Hum announced that he is going on tour in October. The majority of the dates are on the West Coast/Southwest, with some shows in the Midwest …