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Defunct organization. Men of Impact is a student organization that is dedicated to to servicing the needs of Black men. We address the needs and concerns facing Black men in our community, via education and enlightening activites. Our primary goal is…

The Dee family happily tours their new Habitat for Humanity home in the former Frances Nelson Health Center location in Champaign, Ill on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. From background left are Wesley, 11, Bradley, 11, Sheri and LeRoy Dee. From left…

CHAMPAIGN – Longtime Champaign library employee Essie Harris has been appointed manager of the Douglass Branch Library, capping a difficult and divisive episode that pitted Douglass patrons against the library board over the firing of the…

Tracy Parsons, president of the Urban League of Champaign County, greets Urban League board member Robert Dodd at a luncheon last month celebrating Parsons' 10 years as president of the agency.
Sun, 10/10/2004 - 2:00pm | J. Philip…

Article 1: King's legacy: 'It belongs to all of us'

Parkland Community College President Zelema Harris talked of it in her Martin Luther King Jr. Day speech Friday at Urbana's Holiday Inn.

University High School counselor Sam Smith saw it in…

Image Caption: Burch Village manager Karen Hite walks through the Champaign public housing complex Friday. The Champaign County Housing Authority and the city of Champaign plan to raze the 52-year-old complex later this year and replace it with new…

Master's Thesis in Urban Planning using Civitas, a graduate-led design center located in Champaign-Urbana around 2004-2005, as a model design center. Also mentions the Urban Exchange Center.

Photo by: Vanda Bidwell

Peer court volunteers, from bottom left clockwise, Miles Ross, adult leader Hattie Lenoir-Price, Michael McCulley, Jarel Jackson and Terrish Catchings prepare for a series of hearings at last week's Peer Court session at…

Kathryn Humphrey, class of 1941, was born in Champaign, Illinois in 1923. After she graduated from CHS, she worked as a domestic and was then employed by the City of Champaign Recreation Department. She went to schools during recess and taught them…

Nate Dixon retired from the Champaign Park District after 27 years of serving the community. Dixon's passion for helping people has been evident throughout his career. Before working in parks and recreation, he worked at the Illinois Department of…