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
The wheel of life
If Tom Brewer had not been extremely ill his senior year on 1967 at Champaign High School-the last year Champaign had just one high school- this story may just well have been about Brewer the accountant, not Brewer the potter.
Story:Bridget Broihahn
Photos:Bridget Broihahn
It’s finally here
Central Illinois is known for its ever-changing weather.
Story:Bridget Broihahn
Photos:Bridget Broihahn
She made a choice. To fly.
Carrie Brocksmith of Seymour made a life-changing decision to take her health back. Read her inspiring story.
Story:Bridget Broihahn
Photos:Mike Heiniger
The Higham Home
The Highams have made this gothic girl come down-to-earth
Story:Bridget Broihahn
Photos:Briana Floyd