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Throughout its history, Chanute Air Force Base (CAFB) had fifty-four commanding officers (CO) from 1917-1993. Most COs had a brief stint at CAFB, many lasting less than a single year. One of... read more >
Where would our society be without laws? They are some of the most important things when it comes to keeping people safe and holding others accountable. The city of Urbana is no exception to this.... read more >
Its scrumdiddlyumptious September! The month of school, solstices, the stir of autumn in the air, and what would be famed children’s author Roald Dahl’s 102nd birthday. Most of us have been touched... read more >
In Brown Girl Dreaming, author Jacqueline Woodson shares how her love of words and writing stories began when she was young. Do you know a young person who likes to write and/or illustrate... read more >
DAME AGATHA CHRISTIE was an English crime novelist, short story writer, and playwright who was born on September 15th, 1890. She also wrote six romances under the name Mary Westmacott, but she is... read more >
Earhart with Arthur C. Willard, Urbana, IL, 1935 The perennial mystery of Amelia Earhart has been in the news once again with the International Group for Historical Aircraft Recovery’s paper... read more >
For some of us the only connection we think we have with bees is our irritation when they bombard our summer picnic, or they sting us when we walk in the grass without our shoes or they buzz around... read more >
This month marks the 25th anniversary of the closure of Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul, Illinois. At the time the base closed its doors on September 30th, 1993, it was the third oldest active base... read more >
If you have limited or no internet access at home, or you’d like to have internet access away from home, check out the newest addition to the library’s productivity collection- mobile wireless... read more >
Fresh off the new book cart this week is a book that surprised me – Hey, Hey, Hay: a Tale of Bales and the Machines that Make Them by Christy Mihaly with illustrations by Joe Cepeda. In rhyming... read more >