Reflecting on 2023
Each year, our Editorial Board takes a moment to reflect on what’s been happening in our community over the past year. We’ve looked back at our 2023 Wishlist, considered some of the topics we’ve tackled …
Each year, our Editorial Board takes a moment to reflect on what’s been happening in our community over the past year. We’ve looked back at our 2023 Wishlist, considered some of the topics we’ve tackled …
It’s almost Thanksgiving, which means it’s almost time for the holiday season. For many, this is a time for reflection, and if you are able, to give back to the community. The last few years …
Earlier this week, daylight savings time ended, and we all set our clocks back one hour. Now, if you wake up at 6:30 a.m., it won’t be as dark, but daylight hours will get shorter …
The housing problems facing Champaign-Urbana residents are nothing short of a crisis. For renters in particular, the price of living in our community is out of control. While landlords and owners may blame inflation, even a …
It’s Halloween, and this evening kids of all ages and their caregivers will take to the sidewalks of C-U and beyond to, in the words of Jerry Seinfeld, “get candy, get candy, get candy.” Have …
The first week of October was Banned Books Week, a nation-wide event launched in 1982 as a response to an upsurge in book bans at the time. If you were in any book-centered physical or …
In late October and early November, you might hear a collective groan from Champaign-Urbana’s homeowners and home renters. That groan is the indication of yard waste collection season, which means an investment of time, labor, …
Phone calls are a lifeline for those incarcerated to stay in touch with their families and loved ones. The phone calls you and I make from our smart phone without a thought cost a person incarcerated …
Starting this month, OSF HealthCare Sacred Heart Medical Center in Danville will reopen their birthing center and provide Vermillion County with a much needed option for hospital births. The birth center has been closed since …
There are plenty of empty buildings and spaces around Champaign-Urbana. Some remind us of a tangible cultural loss to the community, like the still-for-sale and vacant Art Theater, and some are just a simpler reminder …