Area history, Sept. 20, 2022
Today is Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. Here are local news reports from 100, 50 and 15 years ago:In 1922, 10,000 was considered a modest estimate of the...
Today is Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. Here are local news reports from 100, 50 and 15 years ago:In 1922, 10,000 was considered a modest estimate of the crowd that attended the Urbana fall festival, a remarkable turnout considering bad weather kept most of the country people away. The throng, for the most part, was representative of Champaign, Urbana and the University of Illinois, and it was a happy and enthusiastically delighted assemblage.In 1972, Champaign County Clerk Dennis Bing said he would not make use of volunteer clerks or keep his office open evenings for voter registration prior to the Nov.