The Latest:
Hidden gem
Hannah Quigg likes to flip unique homes in Champaign.
Story:Christine Walsh
Photos:Rick Danzl
Mission 22
Dressed in crisp red, white and blue uniforms, a color guard stood at attention during the singing of the National Anthem between baseball games at Parkland College in Champaign.
Story:Christine Walsh
Photos:Christine Walsh
Working Out PTSD
Tyler Wilson and Aaron Merrell never met but they had a lot in common. Both were Marines from Danville who went to California for boot camp, were stationed at Camp Lejeune, N.C., and served two tours of duty in Afghanistan.
Story:Christine Walsh
Photos:Christine Walsh
Two homes into one
Near Georgetown, the Emmerts’
Story:Bridget Broihahn
Photos:Bridget Broihahn and Norma Emmert
From two A-frames
To make the perfect Craftsman-style house, an architect took two nearly identical A-frames that were blocks apart and joined them together in one light-filled home on Church Street.
Story:Paul Wood
Photos:Stephen Haas
Luscious and savory
It was a little while back that Tara Reece found out she had Celiac’s disease, gluten-intolerance, Non-tropical sprue, or Celiac Sprue.
Story:Bridget Broihahn
Photos:Bridget Broihahn and Tara Reece
The bird whisperers
Most folks retire as their careers wind down. Not so, for these two bird enthusiasts, or “birders” as they often refer to themselves.
Story:Bridget Broihahn
Photos:Bridget Broihahn
Plants, food and dance!
Shirese Hursey, our day trip photographer, and I were looking for a good day trip, and it hit us: there are some really wonderful places right here at the University of Illinois.
Story:Bridget Broihahn
Photos:Shirese Hursey and Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
Cleaning grout
Camille Buchanan of rural Piatt County submitted this: I love my travertine quarry tile.
Story:Bridget Broihahn
Photos:Pratt Home Improvement