Multimedia Reports

Audio slideshow: AMBUCS Scarecrow Festival

The Greater Champaign County AMBUCS held its annual Scarecrow Festival fundraiser on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009, at AMBUCS Park in Urbana, a handicapped-accessible park.

News-Gazette sale and bazaar

The News-Gazette hosted a fresh-air market with sidewalk sales, a bazaar and outdoor dining in downtown Champaign on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009.

Beckman Institute's Bugscope Program

The Beckman Institute's Bugscope program reaches around the world -- and to area schools, too.

Audio slideshow: Beer and Chili Cook-Off

Downtown Urbana hosted the annual Beer Tasting and Chili Cook-Off on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009.

Audio slideshow: Troops return home

Troops from central Illinois returned home from Afghanistan on Friday afternoon, Sept. 11, 2009, and they were welcomed back with a ceremony at Parkland College.

Audio slideshow: 9/11 Memorial Concert

The University of Illinois Black Chorus paid tribute to the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks with a chorus on Friday, Sept. 11, 2009, at Smith Music Hall in Urbana.

Audio slideshow: Allerton Music Barn

Inside the Allerton Music Barn near Monticello.

Multimedia: Monticello's King Family

Faith, family and music are what motivates Monticello's nine-member King family to perform around the country.

Audio slideshow: Devoted to Daylilies

A look at Five-Acre Daylily Farm in southern Champaign County.

Audio slideshow: Life of a beekeeper

Profiling Karen Pruiett, a bee research specialist at the University of Illinois.