On June 14th, the same day as Trump’s birthday military parade, cities across the United States will be holding No Kings ...

COVID forced many area businesses to close, some permanently. Notable closures in Champaign County included Destihl Brewpub ...

The nearly decade-old Kickapoo Rail Trail (KRT) has been in the news recently because the final legs are due for completion ...

Never have I ever seen a fish dish this gorgeous in real life. At my birthday dinner, I ordered this steelhead trout main ...

The dead have risen in rural Wisconsin, but they’ve forgotten to behave like proper zombies. This Thursday, SyFy premieres Revival, a series that dares to ask what happens when the recently deceased ...

MTD just shared some flashback photos of Illinois Terminal. At this time in 1997 construction just began on what I would ...

Champaign-Urbana’s newest dining destination The Yard on Broadway will open tomorrow, June 10th for dinner. The new food hall houses Urbana outposts for five familiar businesses: Smith Burger Co, ...

Smile Politely has been publishing on the issue of carbon sequestration near the Mahomet Aquifer. For those who may have ...

Every week, we take a look at an issue facing our beloved Champaign-Urbana. We try to offer nuance and pragmatism in light of ...

In middle school, I counted the days between the start of the school year on Labor Day and the end of the school year on the ...

Smile Politely readers know that we love to tout our micro-urban qualities here. Champaign-Urbana is unique for its high ...

I needed to stop by Flying Machine Avionics to buy my last bags of coffee by Page Roasting Company since this week the ...