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- Tank the Goat - 10:14 pm
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- Madden Road Music Fest returns - 9:20 pm
- Mercy Health – Urbana Hospital Receives 5-Star rating - 9:20 pm
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NEWS

Historical society to host Chomp Hunter
On Aug. 21 at 2 p.m., the Champaign County Historical Society (CCHS) will present William C. Hunter (better known as “Chomp”), a lifelong ...

Tank the Goat
Tank the Goat would rather have a shower than a bath from 8th grader Lorelei Wilhelm. .neFileBlock { margin-bottom: 20px; } .neFileBlock p { margin:...

Smoked pork
Matt Frazier of Frazier’s Smoked Meats removes pork from the smoker. .neFileBlock { margin-bottom: 20px; } .neFileBlock p { margin: 0px 0px 0p...

School year opens with new faces at Urbana
A number of changes within the administrative ranks of the Urbana City School District are in place for the start of the 2022-2023 school year.The new...

Long day at the fair
Everly Powell, 8, sleeps with her feeder Walter after a long day of shows at the Champaign County Fair. Today is the final day of the fair. .neFileBlo...

CLFEST 22 adds pre-party
WEST LIBERTY - Country Legends Festival in West Liberty has expanded to include two more events to their schedule.The country music festival on Sept. ...
SPORTS

Teeing off at UCC
Urbana’s Tate Armstrong was medalist with a 73 at the Urbana Classic boys golf tournament at Urbana Country Club.Also for the Hillclimbers, Kaz ...

Shady Bowl hosts big night of racing
DeGRAFF – If you are a fan of top-notch stock racing and seeing our younger generation have a good time, Shady Bowl Speedway was the place to be...

Indians defeat Greenon in boys golf
PITCHIN – Mechanicsburg opened the season by defeating Greenon, 155-169, in OHC boys golf at Locust Hills.For Mechanicsburg, Will Reiser was the...

UHS alumni game
The Urbana High School alumni boys soccer squad beat the current UHS team, 8-4, Saturday night. Pictured is alum Daniel Westcott battling for the ball...
NIL likely in Ohio prep sports
COLUMBUS – Doug Ute, the executive director of the Ohio High School Athletic Association, believes name, image and likeness (NIL) is coming to O...

Parker wins wild Sceva Memorial at Shady Bowl
DeGRAFF – Shady Bowl Speedway honored the memory of its most popular driver and his son Saturday night.The annual Neal Sceva Memorial unfortunat...
LIFE

Burroughs, Henry engaged
William Whitt of Springfield and Heidi (Ty) Burroughs of St. Paris proudly announce the engagement of their daughter Kali Whitt to Tristen Henry. Tris...

Garveys celebrate 65th anniversary
John Frederick and Patricia Ann Garvey of Urbana will celebrate their 65th anniversary on May 21. They were married on that date in 1960 by the Revere...

Roberts, Profitt wed
Mallory Ranee Roberts of Urbana and Ryan James Robert Profitt of Fairborn were married by family friend, Josh VanNorstran, at 2:30 p.m. October 2, 202...

Looking Back – Douglas Inn Barbershop
First is a circa 1930 photo (#0207) of the Douglas Inn barbershop. The barbershop was in the Douglas Inn at 26 Monument Square, also pictured (#0048) ...
Free Maximizing Home Health Care Workshop for Family Caregivers: February 24
Maximizing Home Health Care is a free, small-group, online workshop from 10:00-11:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 24, by presenter Kathy Kilpatrick. Reg...
OPINION
It’s all a Hodge-Pourri-Podge!
It is mid-July again, synonymous with mid-summer as far as I am concerned. During my teaching years, that was when I tried to unwind, knowing school w...
Just yesterday … several decades ago
On Sunday, trying to overcome protracted procrastination to write this week’s article, I checked Facebook one more time – and suddenly cha...

Working hard all summer long
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is one in a series of outreach columns from the Champaign County Board of Developmental Disabilities.Summer 2022 is just as ...
Living layer by layer
How does a girl celebrate her birth? With family photos, of course! Anna Joyce Passarelli was posing with Daddy David, Mommy Kelsey, and Brother Sam, ...
The very best summers
There has been no need to check the calendar to know that summer is now firmly in charge. With oppressive levels of heat and humidity waving around, I...
Books I have read by authors I know
Several years ago, during my early Boomer Blog days, I also had one of the seminal reading experiences of my life - I absolutely devoured Team of Riva...