Mahomet lights up the skies with their annual Freedom Fest

by Eric Gordon - Jul. 2, 2009

Mahomet lights up the sky this year with their annual Freedom Fest. ...

Editor's Note

by Tommy Trafton - Jul. 2, 2009

Tommy talks about how globalized our media has become and what 4th of July means to us.

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Second Saturday makes downtown Urbana a weekend destination

by Alexandra Morgan - Jul. 2, 2009

The Urbana Business Association uses Second Saturday to make downtown Urbana a weekend destination.

Doin' It Well

Disclosing about STDs

by Jo Sanger and Ross Wantland - Jul. 2, 2009

Jo and Ross give advice on discussing STDs with your partner.

Play it safe

by Eric Gordon - Jul. 2, 2009

Sgt. Scott Friedlein of the Champaign Police Department and Tim Wild, Deputy Chief and Fire Marshall, tell us how to stay safe this 4th of July.

Love the music, but the man?

by Michael Coulter - Jul. 2, 2009

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Today's Life Events

Festivals

Food Not Bombs - West Side Park - 5:00 pm

Holidays

Sparks in the Park - 6:30 am

Rantoul 4th of July Celebration - 8:00 am

Champaign County Freedom Celebration (Ongoing Event)
Registration for Youth Run & 5K Race-Walk - Assembly Hall - 9:30 am
Youth Run - Assembly Hall - 10:30 am
Independence Day Parade - 1:05 pm
4th of July Fireworks - Dodds Park - 9:15 pm
Independence Day Evening Entertainment - Dodds Park - 7:00 pm
4th of July Post-Fireworks Entertainment - Dodds Park - 9:45 pm
105.9 WGKC 4th of July in Champaign - Dodds Park - 1:05 pm

4th of July Weekend Sidewalk Sale - Tanger Outlets - 10:00 am

Paxton's Old Fashioned 4th of July @ Pells Park - 12:00 pm

Freedom Fest - Light Up the Lake - Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve - 1:00 pm

July 4th All-Ages Punk Show featuring Atrocity Solution, We Must Dismantle All This!, Burninators, Van Buren Boys, and Kid Tim - 9:00 pm

Happy Independence Day - Memphis on Main - 9:00 pm

Markets

Market at the Square - Lincoln Square Village - 7:00 am

Volunteer

UC Books to Prisoners work session - Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center - 2:00 pm