The 35th annual Urbana Sweet Corn Festival has annually hosted local vendors, radio stations, public service tents and of course, thoroughly-buttered corn on the cob. But what set this year’s event apart from those prior was where all those cobs went after hungry community members had sheared off the kernels.

Champaign

Champaign

Champaign

Champaign

People from all over the state flocked to Champaign this Friday for the 5th Annual Sustainable University Symposium at the I-Hotel, 1900 S. 1st St., Champaign.

People from all over the state flocked to Champaign this Friday for the 5th Annual Sustainable University Symposium at the I-Hotel, 1900 S. 1st St., Champaign.

People from all over the state flocked to Champaign this Friday for the 5th Annual Sustainable University Symposium at the I-Hotel, 1900 S. 1st St., Champaign.

People from all over the state flocked to Champaign this Friday for the 5th Annual Sustainable University Symposium at the I-Hotel, 1900 S. 1st St., Champaign.

A ceremony will be held Sept. 3 to mark the beginning of Booker T. Washington Elementary School’s much anticipated reconstruction.

A ceremony will be held Sept. 3 to mark the beginning of Booker T. Washington Elementary School’s much anticipated reconstruction.

A ceremony will be held Sept. 3 to mark the beginning of Booker T. Washington Elementary School’s much anticipated reconstruction.