JEFF SOENKSEN is the director of retail operations at The Dispensary, which opened a Champaign location last year. With his ...

A consumption lounge is coming to Seven Point cannabis dispensary in Danville. DANVILLE — It’s already been marketed as the ...

The Village of Mahomet is eyeing a one percent grocery tax to replace the statewide tax that will be eliminated next year.

Just like Kathy’s Mailbag, I get questions and lots of comments about previous columns. But first, a quiz question.

Champaign County officials are supposed to be moving from the Brookens Administrative Center in southeast Urbana and other locations to a renovated former bank building across the street from the ...

Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip have killed at least 23 people, including a family of 10. The United Nations meanwhile raised alarm over the mounting impact of Israel’s six-week-old ...

The head of Myanmar’s military government has granted amnesty to around 4,900 prisoners to mark the country's traditional new year. An independent watchdog said they included at least 22 political ...

Japan recorded a trade deficit for the fiscal year that just ended but racked up a $63 billion surplus with the United States. The Finance Ministry reported Thursday that the ...

Asian shares are mostly higher despite continued fretting over President Donald Trump’s trade war, with all eyes on the negotiations that just began between the administration and Japan. Tokyo’s bench ...

Cocoa has long provided a lifeline in Ivory Coast but adverse weather and plant diseases have hurt harvests in recent years. Now, cocoa farmers in the country worry even more ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrive in Cambodia for a two-day state visit that serves as an opportunity to further strengthen already robust relations. The visit, Xi’s first since 2016, ...