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Ed. note: We had a Smile Politely writers party/outing to a Danville Dans game this past Friday. At the risk of being too meta, here’s William’s account of the experience: Welcome to the small time. …

Urbana Champaign Books to Prisoners is looking for a full-time outreach coordinator.  This is an Americorps position and comes with all the perks, benefits, and mad props that go along with a year of volunteer …

There are frequent discussions around this corner of the Internets about the Future of Journalism and Why Online Journalism Can’t Pay Anyone, etc. We’re not sure what the future holds, either, but we’re willing to …

I am sure he’s just keepin’ it real, you know?

In observance of Independence Day, we’re taking Monday off! If you have SPlog posts to submit, we’ll get them posted at some point today, but no full-length articles until Tuesday. Peace! –Mgmt.

The City of Urbana posted a notice on the city website a week ago reminding folks about the ordinance, and we received a report of a cyclist being cited by a UPD officer for riding …

Wish it weren’t true, but the Tolono-Savoy-C-U / Rt. 45 corridor just lost a friendly music venue well before it’s time was up.  At least you can get a good taco in Tolono. http://blogs.myspace.com/radmakers

Dreamscape Cinema has plans to shoot a Family/Fantasy feature film on location just west of Champaign, beginning the week of July 25 for either 2 or 3 weeks. ( Please see http://www.imdb.com/company/co0098372/ or dreamscape.bz.)  The …

Enjoy it here – http://thereluctanttownie.blogspot.com/ This is a longer version than the one that appeared in the Friday print edition of the News-Gazette.