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May is Sex Ed for All Month, which is a good time to highlight how C-U Public Health provides comprehensive sex education for 8th graders throughout Champaign County through the Making Proud Choices! curriculum. They …

With the summer heat already in full effect, the Cunningham Township Supervisor’s Office needs some help keeping those they serve safe.  They are looking for donations of bottles of water and snack items to hand …

Bloomington’s Midwest Punk Fest has announced its full festival lineup, with bands such as the Park, Tiger Sex, The Raging Nathans, The Von Tramps, and the legendary Red Hot Valentines — alongside numerous other bands.  The festival is …

83 Vietnamese Cuisine will open a full service restaurant in Southwest Champaign; the restaurant has been closed since spring 2020 and the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was formerly a stall at Broadway Food …

Eli Murray, a 2015 U of I graduate and reporter for the Tampa Bay Times won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Investigative Reporting for contributing to the series “Poisoned“, an “exposé of highly toxic hazards …

Big Thorn Farm & Brewery in Georgetown is officially open for its fifth tree bar season. The brewery offers delicious beer and yummy food with plenty of amazing views. The tree bar is particularly amazing.  …

This Sunday, May 15th, there will be a lunar eclipse that will be visible to most of North America (as long as the clouds stay away). The C-U Astronomical Society and Planetarium staff will be …

President Biden is visiting Illinois today, and will spend time with the people at OC Farms in Kankakee. Per POLITICO: Biden will fly to OC Farm in Kankakee, where he’ll be welcomed by Rep. Robin …

Beckman Institute’s Illinois Kids Development Study is a “prospective birth cohort study in which women are enrolled early in pregnancy and their children are followed from birth through middle childhood to investigate the impact of …