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Maligaya’s Oriental Market to Close in December
After 23 years, Champaign-Urbana’s Filipino grocery store Maligaya’s Oriental Market will be closing in December. Maligaya’s Oriental Market opened in 2003 as a family-owned business. The original owner’s son, Eric Maligaya, helped with the store before officially becoming its owner and, in 2021, moved to a new location next to Iglesia El Shaddai.
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Wildlife Prairie Park hosts its final Scary Park weekend of the season
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — The haunted hayrack shuttle, spooktacular carnival attractions at the feargrounds, and more thrills and chills await as Wildlife Prairie Park transforms into the 41st annual Wildlife Scary Park for one more weekend. Melody Cline, the park’s recreation manager, told WMBD This Morning why the Scary...
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Christmas with Heart: Holiday Cardmaking Workshop
I’m happy to let you know I’ll be teaching my Holiday Cardmaking class again this year at Tremont Gallery/Pearl Street Stamping in Tremont, Illinois. Kick off the holiday season by creating cheerful cards with Penny Black’s Bundled Snowman stamp and die sets. Learn easy watercolor techniques using ink pads and markers to bring your designs to life. We’ll also craft a pair of festive holiday tags and a charming, stamped heart ornament.
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Po’ Boys is rich in good things to eat
Po’ Boys didn’t start in a Five Points plaza. No, the restaurant started way back over 70 years ago in a tiny shack on the corner of Market and Columbia when Arnie Yarber opened Po’ Boys in 1953. And it actually shuttered in 2006, but that wasn’t the end of Po’ Boys. In 2009, siblings Andy and Jean Rasner (and Andy’s wife Lindsay) quietly resurrected Po’Boys in Urbana—and Yarber’s coveted original sauce recipe, too.
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Skip The Drive-Thru And Road Trip To This Legendary Illinois Diner For An Unforgettable Breakfast
There are mornings when a drive-thru bag handed through a window just isn’t going to cut it, and on those mornings, the correct answer is the Fillin’ Station in Washington, Illinois. This is a diner that takes breakfast seriously, serves it all day long, and has somehow managed...
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This Unassuming Illinois Restaurant Serves A Buffet So Good It Feels Like A Cheat Code
Nobody expects to find their new favorite restaurant in a town they almost didn’t stop in, and yet here we are, talking about Dixie Family Restaurant in McLean, Illinois. This place serves a buffet so good that it genuinely feels like someone handed you a cheat code for eating well in the middle of Illinois, and the best part is that the secret has been hiding in plain sight the whole time.
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Pet of the Week: Meet Marvin
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) – It’s almost Halloween and Marvin the kitten is the perfect representation of the spooky season. Black cats tend to get a bad rap by Halloween, but Marvin just wanted to cuddle and purr through the whole interview. He’s only about two to three months old, so he has lots of energy […]
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Readers Travel Miles To This Massive Illinois Used Bookstore Where 100,000 Stories Wait To Be Re-Read
A windchime rings above a shopping center door in central Illinois, and suddenly you are surrounded by more than 100,000 books. That soft little jingle has greeted readers for decades, ever since the store first opened its doors in 1972. Families drive in from all over Illinois, and even from...
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Pocketfest puts CU artists, businesses center stage
As fall returns to Champaign-Urbana, so will Pocketfest: a “pocket-sized” music and thrift festival. This year, it will be held in the Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center Saturday from 1:30-6:30 p.m. Pocketfest will feature numerous vendors and nine musical guests, including Manifest West, The Collideoscopes and Current Conduct. Admission...
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Drive To This Iconic Illinois Diner For A Breakfast Experience That Feels Like A Warm Hug
Somewhere in Normal, Illinois, there’s a cafe that has quietly become the reason people set their alarms early on Saturdays. That cafe is Fort Jesse Cafe, and once you understand what’s cooking inside, you’ll understand exactly why nobody wants to hit snooze when breakfast this good is on the line.
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This Old-School Illinois Diner Pulls Breakfast Lovers From Hours Away Every Single Weekend
License plates and old stoplights cover the walls of a small Illinois diner where the coffee pot never seems to stop moving. Locals send travelers here when they ask where to find a good breakfast, and the plates come out so full that first-timers often wish they had snapped a photo.