Two new restaurants open this weekend, plus an AMA with Andrew Pritchard, some accordion music, and poems about about defiance, joy, and cats.

A bookstore is a place where we go to be alone with other people’s thoughts, but The Literary has spent the last year ...

Perched on the corner of Walnut and Main Street in Downtown Champaign find Barrelhouse 34, a classy bar with a rustic vibe.

The general primary election in Illinois is on March 17, 2026, but early voting and vote by mail have already begun. Along ...

For those of us who have lived in Champaign-Urbana for some time, the University of Illinois can’t help but hold an emotional ...

Last week, I visited the Urbana Free Library to check out some books and movies. As I entered the newly remodeled building, I came across the exhibit, Journey to Freedom: Illinois’ Underground ...

When I was younger, I—like any person in college or of that age—went out to bars looking for excitement. We went out looking for a party. As I’ve gotten older, priorities and desires change. Instead … ...

Since 2019, there has been a movement in many Southern Illinois counties to secede from the state, championed by Brad ...

On December 2, 2025, after two and a half hours of public comment from some 40 community members, Champaign city council voted 9-0 against an ordinance banning public camping, with Mayor Deb Feinen ...