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Mercy offers free smoking cessation classes in July
SPRINGFIELD – If you are ready to make a change for the better and kick the smoking habit, Mercy Health REACH Services – Springfield can h...

PET OF THE WEEK
PAWS Animal ShelterMeet Independence! She is a 2-year-old gray tabby who is already spayed and up to date on her shots. Independence loves being pette...

Local Special Olympians excel
The Champaign County Special Olympics weight-lifting team took three lifters to the state meet last week.Michael Gutierrez, 134 pounds, placed first i...

Looking Back: Cigar manufacturing in Urbana
This is a ca. 1930 photo (#0656) of the former Armbruster Brothers (Peter, Johnnie, & Charlie) cigar manufacturing plant at 314 Sycamore Street in...

CCAC concert July 4 at Grimes Field
Eleyet McConnell will provide entertainment for the second of five free concerts presented by the Champaign County Arts Council. The performance will ...

Mosquito surveillance program underway
Champaign Health District is gearing up to begin the annual mosquito surveillance program. We will be collecting mosquito samples from locations throu...

A new Knight in town
A statue of the Urbana University Blue Knight now stands, along with an explanatory plaque, at the front of Browne Hall at 27 College Way in Urbana. B...

Champaign County Kiwanis Club offers ‘rewards’
The Champaign County Kiwanis Club will recognize local children for making positive choices with a cool reward. Ice cream coupons will be presented to...

Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Metro & Fields Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
The Champaign County Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting Thursday, June 23 for the rebranding of Real Living Darby Creek. Real Living Darby Cree...

CLUB NEWS
Urbana Chapter DARJune 14, 2022The Urbana Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution met Tuesday, June 14, 2022 at 11:30 a.m. at the Champaign Count...