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.
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…
CU-CitizenAccess.org looks back at 2013
CU-CitizenAccess.org continued providing high-quality journalism to the residents of east-central Illinois in 2013 with new investigative news packages on public housing, bridge safety, meth…
Contributed/Champaign-Urbana Public Health District
A draft version of a reinspection notice. Public health officials are drafting ordinances that would require food establishments to post a color-coded placard that indicates the results of each health inspection. Yellow means the food establishment failed its health inspection with an adjusted score below 36 and but can remain open pending a reinspection within 30 days.
Moldy Cool Whip, a baby cockroach, and warm raw meat among violations found in 11 area restaurants
By Pamela G. Dempsey/CU-CitizenAccess.org -- Eleven restaurants failed health inspections in October, with critical violations ranging from employees not washing hands to potentially hazardous foods out…
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…
Heather Coit/The News-Gazette
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…
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