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: 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: 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…
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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: 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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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: 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…
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: 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: The longings of … a beautiful boy
By CHRISTIAN GOLLAYAN/For The News-Gazette -- He's 6 feet tall barefoot, 6-feet-5 in his Jeffrey Campbell heels. He loves Lady Gaga and Andy Warhol…
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