Roland White

Job-action centres in Nipigon and White River are to run at least until the end of June. The province confirmed Friday that Nipigon's centre for laid-off forestry workers is to receive an additional $55,000, taking the operation until June 30, as The Chronicle-Journal reported last month. Read More

The gleaming new buildings at the University of Illinois Research Park have generated upward of $3.2 million in property tax revenue for Champaign, its schools and other taxing districts. Read More

The 23rd annual Greater Downstate Indoor Bluegrass Music Festival, to be held through Sunday at the Crowne Plaza is keeping things fresh after all these years with input from attendees on musicians they'd like to see. Read More

The 23rd annual Greater Downstate Indoor Bluegrass Music Festival to be held Friday through Sunday at the Crowne Plaza is keeping things fresh after all these years with input from attendees on musicians they'd like to see. Read More

The Grand Master Fiddler Champion for 2009 is Alex Hargreaves of Corvallis, while his younger sister Tatiana Hargreaves took eleventh place. Read More

ABBEVILLE— Little River Electric Cooperative, Santee Cooper and the Abbeville County School District dedicated today a Green Power Solar School at Diamond Hill Elementary School. Read More

The songs of Jim Lauderdale have been recorded by George Strait, Lee Ann Womack, Gary Allan, Blake Shelton, Patty Loveless, George Jones, the Dixie Chicks, Mark Chesnutt, Kathy Mattea, Vince Gill, British talents Dave Edmunds and John Mayall and classic soul man Solomon Burke. Read More

Sources familiar with the situation tell Squawkbox that Standard Chartered Bank has taken the axe to its e-sales business. Read More

The traffic signals at 25 intersections in Champaign-Urbana are about to get a timing makeover aimed at reducing traffic accidents. Read More

Public works crews in Champaign and Urbana are hitting the bricks – a street in Champaign and sidewalks in Urbana. Read More