The Urbana Free Library wasn’t always free. Two years before its conception in July of 1874, it began as the Young Men’s Library Association, a fee-based organization.
“When (the library) became...
When Thomas Garza attended Edison Middle School, he would often look out the classroom window and wonder about an old house on the east side of the building. It was moments like these that influenced him...
Champaign kicked off the third phase of its Green Street Renovation Project on Wednesday with an open house at the Champaign Public Library.
The open house introduced the project and allowed residents...
This semester, local students at Edison Middle School in Champaign can take their artistic creativity and put it all on the table — or, rather, the skateboard deck — as part of CU on Board, a community-based...
The Champaign City Council reviewed the Champaign Public Library’s plan to tackle budget shortfalls at Tuesday’s meeting.
Because of increasing expenses and decreasing revenues, the library appealed...
Students at Robeson Elementary School will be introduced to new books throughout the school year thanks to a reading program provided by the Champaign Public Library.
The Rotary Club of Champaign gave...
