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SiouxGeonz over at Urbana-Champaign Cycling Ventures gives a quick rundown on the startling pair of crashes yesterday between motorists and cyclists: I’m rather afraid that since most people drive, the question will not be “What …

From the News-Gazette: A 29-year-old bicyclist has died from injuries he received early Thursday after being hit by a pickup truck in Urbana. Urbana police Lt. Bryant Seraphin said George Weisiger of Urbana was pronounced …

As I read yesterday’s well-written, detailed, sympathetic article in the News-Gazette entitled “Champaign County no stranger to economic disparity and despair,” by Shelley Smithson and Pam G. Dempsey, I had to double-check my browser to …

3,000 words in yesterday’s News-Gazette about the life and death of Toto Kaiyewu: http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2009/07/05/examining_events_that_led_up_to_toto_kaiyewus_death The article paints a picture of a disturbed young man on the losing end of a struggle with mental illness, basically …

… including the First National Bank of Danville: http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/press/2009/pr09117.html “The First National Bank of Danville, Danville, Illinois, was closed today by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance …

These are all kids from the same neighborhood I’m from – Beverly. Uh, Tom Dart. Five foot three, probably like 120 pounds. Little, little runty, pardon my French, motherfucker. Son of a bitch. White guy. …

An e-mail from Greg Boardman reads: To kick off Public Enemies we are planning a great time at Boardman’s! Three to five 1920-1930’s automobiles will be parked curbside in front of the theatre tonight. The …

We see it as [a] pattern of behavior of treating American Indians as second-class citizens, both on this campus and in the community,” said John McKinn, assistant director of American Indian Studies at the UI. …

Mark Nepermann, 21, a May graduate in fine and applied arts from Batavia, was arraigned Thursday on a single count of misdemeanor theft alleging he stole signs valued at less than $300 from the UI …