Sidebar: Old theatres and opera houses in Champaign
By Emily Siner / For CU-CitizenAccess.org From the late 1800s to late 1900s, Champaign-Urbana was home to at least a dozen different opera houses, movie palaces and…
Danielle Sheppard
Virginia Theatre, 203 W. Park Ave., Champaign, Illinois
Restored Virginia Theatre, 91 years old, holds Champaign’s memories
By Emily Siner / For CU-CitizenAccess.org Leonard Doyle stands by the front window, next to the box office, and looks out. Park Avenue looks…
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Arturo Zendeja speaks with a customer at his restaurant in July at his restaurant, El Taco Tako, 202 S. Chestnut St., Arcola, Ill. Zendeja and his wife, Maria, moved to Arcola 12 years ago. Arturo is a native of Cadereyta Jimenez in Mexico. They are part of a growing Latino population in the area, which is known for its broomcorn.
Weekly RoundUp: Immigration
The C-U Immigration Forum organized a candelight vigil and march in Champaign, Ill. this week to show support for Comprehensive Immigration Reform. On Wednesday,…
Danielle Sheppard
The 2.4 acre grassy, fenced-off area at the intersection of Fifth and Hill streets is the site of a former manufactured-gas plant, owned by Ameren Illinois.
Concerns resurface over contaminated groundwater
By Elise King / For CU-CitizenAccess.org -- A grassroots organization still has concerns about the contaminated groundwater at the toxic site located at the…
Danielle Sheppard
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Ophelia Phillips, Dollie Anderson and Larry Parker participating in a chair exercise class at the Douglas Annex on April 10, 2013
Last years can be the best, says Douglass Seniors president
By Emily Siner/ For CU-CitizenAccess.org -- Irene Phillips doesn’t do things half-heartedly. She doesn’t just sing in her church choir – she’s one of…
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Example of a color-coded placard that restaurants would be required to post under a proposed plan to make inspection results more public.
Red means that the restaurant's health permit was suspended following a health inspection.
Six restaurants temporarily shut down after failing health inspections
By CU-CitizenAccess.org staff Twenty-one restaurants in Champaign County failed health inspections in the last six months, with critical violations ranging from improper storage of…
Dusty Rhodes
File Photo / A construction site at the University of Illinois
Weekly RoundUp: Minorities in the construction field
Last week, The News-Gazette reported that a Peoria-based construction company was ordered to pay $1.5 million in restitution for falsely claiming it would hire…