Slices of Life: Bishop seeks life for his church despite bleakness of neighborhood
By Robert Holly -- Bishop Morris Paul Lockett sits patiently in the former crack house at 205 E. Garwood St., C, waiting for his…
Slices of Life: Still missing his wife of 36 years, man keeps himself occupied at Champaign laundromat
By MARISA GWIDT -- "Oh, boy," Charlie High sighs as he watches a college student drag in four heaping bags of laundry. "She won't…
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Zina Bhaia shares conversation with Lynn Holley before the two leave for another day on UI campus in Urbana, Ill on Tuesday, April 21, 2009.
Slices of Life: Iraqi woman relates tale of her ‘rebirth’ in America
By Zina Bhaia -- So many lights! I knew that America would be big, but as I looked out my Royal Jordanian Airline window at…
Slices of Life: Genetic disorder means daily battle with calculated risks
By Megan Graham -- In his old room in his parents' home, a pretty house in the Cherry Hills subdivision of Champaign, Chike Coleman…
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Mitch and Frances Harris join another couple during contra dancing at Phillips Recreation Center in Urbana, Ill on Friday, May 16, 2008.
Slices of Life: After meeting on dance floor, Harrises waltzing through life
By Richard Anderson -- Frances and Mitch Harris treasure these five minutes. They have plodded through the evening, trading partners and sharing laughs, surrendering to…
Slices of Life: Jessie’s first fight
By Thomas Bruch One Jessie Bushman's back grazes the top rope of the ring, making it vibrate gently in contrast to the violence all…
Slices of Life: Entrepreneur has spent much of his adult life belying a label from his high school days
By Phil Johnson/For The News-Gazette -- Cutting hair in the barbershop no one ever expected him to own, Seon Williams entertains in frenzied, fluid…
Slices of Life: Longtime local rabbi remains forever grateful for ‘sparks of holiness’ during a dark time
By EMILY SINER/For The News-Gazette -- Some things he wants to remember; some things he tries to forget. Isaac Neuman remembers a pretty woman who…
Weekly RoundUp: Halloween
Despite the less-than-ideal weather, kids will dress in creative costumes and ring doorbells throughout central Illinois tonight for “just one more” piece of candy.…
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John Paul Goguen with his iPhone streaming video during a special board meeting of the Urbana Free Library on Tuesday, August 27, 2013. photo by Darrell Hoemann/The Midwest Center for Investigative Journalism into Agribusiness
One for the books: citizens’ reporting creates collection detailing a controversy
In the wake of the controversial weeding of books from the Urbana Free Library, CU-CitizenAccess.org wanted to highlight the citizen research and social media…