Slices of Life: A sacred fire: The last of a farming line, a father soldiers on
By Claire Benjamin -- I'm a farmer's daughter, but I can't navigate the grain elevator, grease the combine or repair fence lines. I have never…
Darrell Hoemann
Colleen Madera with the revised city of Champaign Neighborhood Services web site at city hall in Champaign on Thursday, February 5, 2015.
Champaign seeks to expand online services for neighborhoods
The city of Champaign's Neighborhood Services Department says it is close to completion on an upgrade of its website to create an interactive, social forum for community groups.
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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: Former waitress has taken a leap of faith — and her life savings — to open her own design shop
By Jordan Sward -- One o'clock cannot come fast enough. It's 8:30 on an autumn Wednesday morning and Heather Smith has a decaf pot…
Slices of Life: Former pastor now hand-crafting beautiful furniture
By Aske Denning -- From morning to late afternoon, Monday through Saturday, Charlie Sweitzer works in his shop, next to his home on West…
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…
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