At Home in Central Illinois

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.

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.

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.

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.

Cleaning grout

Camille Buchanan of rural Piatt County submitted this: I love my travertine quarry tile.

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.

It’s finally here

Central Illinois is known for its ever-changing weather.

She made a choice. To fly.

Carrie Brocksmith of Seymour made a life-changing decision to take her health back. Read her inspiring story.

The Higham Home

The Highams have made this gothic girl come down-to-earth

The Champaign-Urbana Symphony