Six area restaurants fail inspections in November, December
Pam G. Dempsey – Six local restaurants recently failed health inspections, and one of them is now at risk for losing its food service…
Darrell Hoemann
on Tuesday, November 18, 2014.
Flight delayed: Willard Airport struggles to stay on time
Taking an expensive taxi from Willard Airport to O’Hare International Airport may not make much sense, but taxi driver Stephen Love knows that two to three times a week his company gets passengers who do just that.
Darrell Hoemann
The exterior of Chop Stixs restaurant in Champaign on Wednesday, January 21, 2015. The restaurant failed a re-inspection in December 2013 and was closed from Dec. 1 until it passed a second re-inspection on Dec. 8 with an adjusted score of 90.
Health inspectors temporarily close five eateries; fail four others
Nine restaurants and eateries have failed health inspections since November, including five that were temporarily shut down. At some of the restaurants public health inspectors found dozens of critical violations that included raw sewage on the floor, potentially hazardous food production and dishwasher malfunctions.
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From 1990 to 2010: Twenty years of extreme poverty in Champaign-Urbana
Extreme poverty is defined as those incomes that are less than half of the defined poverty income. The maps below look at extreme poverty…