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Seymour, IL · Lifestyle
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These 10 Under-The-Radar Illinois Thrift Shops Keep Bargain Hunters Digging For Hours
Paperback books for a quarter each. Three full floors of secondhand stuff stacked inside an old house. A charity shop where your purchase helps pay vet bills for rescue dogs. I could stop right there and you’d probably already be reaching for your car keys. Illinois has a sneaky habit of hiding its best bargains in plain sight, from a former warehouse to a grocery-and-thrift combo.
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This Adorable Amish Town In Illinois Is A Hidden Foodie Paradise That Rivals Any Big City
You don’t need a plane ticket or a fancy travel agent to find food that genuinely stops you in your tracks. Arthur, Illinois is a small Amish town tucked into Douglas County, and it’s serving up a foodie experience that puts plenty of big-city restaurants to serious shame.
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Big Thorn’s gorgeous retreat with well-crafted beers
Big Thorn Farm & Brewery has been on my radar for years, and I finally made it there where the temperature was balmy. Although almost an hour drive from Urbana through empty cornfields, it was a pleasure to arrive at this forest retreat. Besides the many beers on tap, they had a food truck onsite as well. Since the weather was still warm when I visited, the outdoor Tree Bar was open but soon that will switch to their indoor facility.
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The Most Epic All You Can Eat Buffet In Illinois Is Hiding In This Legendary Restaurant
If you’ve been driving Route 66 without stopping in McLean, Illinois, you’ve been leaving the best meal of the trip on the table, literally. Dixie Family Restaurant is where the most epic all-you-can-eat buffet in Illinois has been hiding, and the fact that it’s been this good for this long without becoming a national conversation is one of the great mysteries of the Midwest.
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ABE Sushi is now open on University Avenue
ABE Sushi is now open in Champaign. The University Avenue restaurant serves a menu of sushi, sashimi, party trays, appetizers, ramen, salads, bento boxes, and more. To pair with the food, ABE serves Japanese sodas, ginger ale, Coke products, $3 beer, and $7 sake. Previously, this Champaign space was Yatai....
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Danville Meijer Presents $10,000 Check to Mission K9 Warrior
On a day when $5,000 and $10,000 checks were being presented to non-profit organizations by Meijer stores all over Illinois, the Danville Meijer donated $10,000 to Mission K9 Warrior. At 10 AM Tuesday (Nov 10) morning, the donation became official. K9 Warrior president and founder Dave Hughes, who has seen his idea for helping Veterans grow to 50 trained dogs personally assigned to Veterans over the last decade; reminded CIMG that a donation like this, which can cover half the cost for a newly trained dog, is a wonderful gift. He reminded everyone that these dogs are protectors for Veterans; everything from waking them up from nightmares, to helping relax while out and about in public.
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CPD Youth Theatre’s Wimpy Kid is anything but wimpy
A bright red diary sat waiting on the Virginia Theatre stage before the Saturday matinee of Champaign Park District Youth Theatre’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Musical, and the house filling up around it told you everything about who this show was for. There were kids everywhere. Lots and lots of kids settling in to watch a cast of young actors between the ages of ten and 15 tell a story about exactly the stage of life many of them are living through right now.
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Mucky Dogs Pub to Honor Veterans with Free Meals on Veterans Day
LERNA, IL – Mucky Dogs Pub in Lerna will show its appreciation for those who have served our country with a special Veterans Day celebration on Wednesday, November 11. In honor of Veterans Day, all veterans will receive a free meal, including a soft drink, from noon to 9 p.m. at Mucky Dogs Pub.
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New hiking, biking opportunities available at Fox Ridge State Park
NEAR CHARLESTON, Ill. (WICS/WRSP) - A newly resurfaced hiking and biking trail is now open at Fox Ridge State Park near Charleston. The project gives visitors more recreational opportunities within the park and supports the long-term effort to develop a regional trail connection between Charleston and Fox Ridge State Park.
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Homestead Prairie Farm Candlelight Tour Offers a Glimpse of 1860s Life Saturday
November 10, 2026 – Visitors can experience what life was like in the 1860s after dark during the annual Candlelight Tour at Homestead Prairie Farm this Saturday, November 14. The special open house will run from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Rock Springs Conservation Area. Visitors can arrive anytime...
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ISU Hosts its 3rd Band Competition with Bands all across the State
This past Thursday, bands from across the state battled out in the Battle of Bands competition. This event was held by Illinois State’s WZND radio station. Seven bands from across Illinois came together to compete. Elizabeth Zoerner, organizer of the event, says the goal of this event was to...