Secretary of State’s Race: Candidates talk elections, other issues
SPRINGFIELD – Secretary of state candidates Alexi Giannoulias, a Chicago Democrat and former state treasurer, and Dan Brady, a Republican state representative from Bloomington, each spent 45 minutes before a panel organized by the Illinois Associated Press Media Editors in recent weeks. A full story about their plans for modernizing the office can be found here, […]
Jupiter String Quartet concert will feature works by Ives, Alberga and Mendelssohn
URBANA — The Jupiter String Quartet have been artists-in-residence at the University of Illinois for the last ten years. The quartet’s first performance this season is Saturday night at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in Urbana. Illinois Newsroom’s Brian Moline spoke with Jupiter violinist Nelson Lee about Saturday night’s concert, which is in the […]
C-U at Home, Champaign Township work to negotiate building sale for new homeless shelter
CHAMPAIGN – Local homeless shelter C-U at Home has rejected an offer from the City of Champaign Township to buy its building near downtown Champaign. Yet the Township still has its eye on buying the property to use for a new, emergency homeless shelter called Strides. On Sept. 20, the Champaign City Council, in its […]
217 Today: Jupiter String Quartet prepares for their first performance of the academic year
Friday, October 7, 2022 Today’s headlines: The first televised debate for the 2022 Illinois governor’s race took place last night. Education was one of many topics that the 13th Congressional District candidates disagreed on during last night’s debate. An ongoing study done by University of Illinois faculty has found a new and improved COVID-19 test that […]