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Hornsby Market Update
While media headlines focus on the volatility of the inner city, the Hornsby property market is telling a different story—one of incredible value and imminent opportunity. As we head into February, the data reveals a market that is currently pausing for breath, offering a rare window for savvy buyers to enter before the next cycle begins. The current "flat" conditions are a buyer's friend—you have less competition and more time to negotiate.
New Year, New Home: Are You “Market Ready”?
It is January. The holidays are over, and for many Australians, the top New Year’s resolution is clear: “This is the year we buy a property.” While enthusiasm is high, many buyers make the mistake of starting their journey by scrolling through real estate apps every night. While browsing is fun, it is not a strategy. To be successful in a competitive market, you need to be “Market Ready” before you attend your first open home.
The secret weapon for property buyers: what is a buyer’s agent?
Most people wouldn’t step into a courtroom without a lawyer, yet thousands of Australians make the biggest financial decision of their lives—buying a property—without professional representation. When you look at a property listing, the selling agent represents the vendor. Their legal and ethical obligation is to get the highest price and the best terms for the seller. So, who is representing you? This is where a Buyer’s Agent comes in.
Another Step Forward For Internet Gaming In Ontario: International Pooled Liquidity
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP are most popular: with Senior Company Executives, HR and Finance and Tax Executives in Canada with readers working within the Business & Consumer Services, Healthcare and Law Firm industries The Ontario Court of Appeal confirmed the legality of a new "pooled liquidity" model for online gaming, allowing Ontario players to engage with players outside Canada.
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Response to: Refining HCC Risk Stratification in CHB: Evaluating Predictive Model Applicability in Diverse Populations
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This Week at Catholic World Report
By Catholic News Agency on Jun 08, 2025 02:42 pm Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for the Solemnity of Pentecost in St. Peter's Square on June 8, 2025. In his homily, he emphasized the significance of the Holy Spirit in the life of a Christian. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jun 8, 2025 / 08:42 am (CNA).
New guidance for NHS staff to tackle toxic workplace cultures
Guidance on how doctors should behave in work has been revised for the first time in a decade, outlining new standards on sexual harassment, whistleblowing and bullying to ensure staff “feel supported to speak out”. The General Medical Council (GMC) has published its new good medical practice guidelines, which sets out standards of patient care and professional behaviour expected of all medical professionals.
Mérat and Nerval
By Tim Mitchell. The following is an extract from Tim Mitchell’s Albert Mérat: Rimbaud’s Seer. In 1866, Les Chimères, Albert Mérat’s first solo poetry collection, appeared. Les Chimères contains less of the lighter material evident in his previous joint work with Léon Valade, Avril, mai, juin, with instead a deeper exploration of nature and a more sophisticated view of women and of Mérat’s relationship with them.
What is pain sensitivity and why does it matter?
In this first instalment in a series on pain sensitivity, Darren Beales FACP and Tim Mitchell FACP provide an overview of what pain sensitivity is and why it’s an important concept to understand in clinical practice. Movement and function are key domains of physiotherapy and pain often gets in their way. For many physiotherapists, addressing pain to optimise movement and function is core business. Pain is necessary. Pain is complex.
Comic book dealer wants to use site as a warehouse
RANTOUL– Pow! Bang! Holy development! Rantoul is getting a comic book warehouse! An Internet comic book dealer has selected the former home of Rantoul Lumber, 515 N. Century Blvd., as a warehouse for what he says are 1 million comic books. William Christensen, 32, of Urbana, a lifelong comic book enthusiast, started a comic book retail store when he was 16 and attending Champaign Central High School.
Home for the Holidays
Most people long to be “home” for the holidays. By Tim Mitchell, Senior Care Partners P.A.C.E. Most seniors will remember the golden voice of Perry Como singing one of his most popular hits, Home for the Holidays, which debuted in December of 1954 and went on to become one of the most beloved Christmas songs of all time. Originally recorded as a 78 and 45 rpm single, the song has been replicated numerous times by a variety of musical artists.
Tuscola Hall of Famer credits education with his success as doctor
TUSCOLA — Dr. Gregory Skuta is a rock star in the world of eye surgery. One of the leading specialists in glaucoma care, Skuta is president and CEO of the Dean McGee Eye Institute in Oklahoma City and president of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Today, back where it all started, he'll add another title — Tuscola High School Hall of Famer.
Has he ever had a better game? - Player ratings
by Tim Mitchell 29th Dec 2019 6:15 PM premium_icon Subscriber only AUSTRALIA wrapped up another emphatic victory over New Zealand to claim the series with a match left to play. Tim Paine praised his entire team for their collective effort over four days, but some were more vital to the success than others. Pat Cummins, James Pattinson and Nathan Lyon were immense, as was Travis Head, but who else shone and who struggled?
Alberta Government Introduces Two Budgetary Bills With Sweeping Changes
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Drawing inspiration: Urbana middle-schooler aspiring to be next great cartoonist
URBANA — When Blessing Tshimankinda grows up, he wants to become the next Charles Schulz, of Peanuts fame. But at 12, the budding artist in the Snoopy T-shirt has more modest goals, as well. “For me,” he says, “it would be a dream come true to see my art in a newspaper.” That’s the handiwork of Didier and Christine Tshimankinda’s seventh-grade son above.
Cannabis votes tie up Champaign County Board's land-use panel
URBANA — The future of recreational-marijuana-related businesses in unincorporated areas like Penfield, Seymour and Dewey is in the hands of the full Champaign County Board, after a deadlocked Environment and Land Use Committee cast a pair of 3-3 votes Thursday night. With Democrat Stephanie Fortado absent, the committee was left with three Democrats and three Republicans present for Thursday’s meeting.
UPDATE: Teacher rescues puppy trapped in cage in frigid lake
Monday's update: Officials say a dog found in Champaign’s Kaufman Lake over the weekend is well enough to go to Champaign County Animal Control. The University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital has been caring for the female dog named Dory since Saturday afternoon. That includes treating the pooch for hypothermia, treating wounds and giving the dog medicine and a bath. The dog will stay with animal control while police look into who left the dog in a cage in the lake.
Man rescues puppy trapped in kennel in frigid lake
CHAMPAIGN — A caged puppy discovered drowning at Kaufman Lake over the weekend is alive today thanks to the heroic efforts of a middle school science teacher. Bryant Fritz of Champaign, who teaches at Next Generation School, was getting ready for an afternoon of fishing at the lake on Champaign’s west side on Saturday afternoon when he noticed a crate in the lake. And trapped inside that crate, submerged in rising water, was a black and white puppy.
Man rescues puppy trapped in cage in frigid lake
CHAMPAIGN — A caged puppy discovered drowning at Kaufman Lake over the weekend is alive today thanks to the efforts of a middle school science teacher. Bryant Fritz, who teaches at Next Generation School, was getting ready for an afternoon of fishing on Champaign’s west side on Saturday afternoon when he noticed a crate in the lake. A dog trapped inside a crate is partially submerged in the waters of Kaufman Lake before being rescued by science teacher Bryant Fritz Saturday afternoon.
Teacher rescues puppy trapped in cage in frigid lake
CHAMPAIGN — A caged puppy discovered drowning at Kaufman Lake over the weekend is alive today thanks to the efforts of a middle school science teacher. Bryant Fritz, who teaches at Next Generation School, was getting ready for an afternoon of fishing on Champaign’s west side on Saturday when he noticed a crate in the lake. A dog trapped inside a crate is partially submerged in the waters of Kaufman Lake before being rescued by science teacher Bryant Fritz Saturday afternoon.
Welcome to 'Kuma 2'
Rick Danzl/The News-Gazette Margaret, 5, and Rebecca Hinze-Pifer, Champaign, have lunch at King Kuma, at Carle At The Fields complex at 3401 Fields South Drive, in Champaign Rick Danzl Drop your questions into Tom's Mailbag by clicking here One of the most popular food stands inside Urbana Broadway Food Hall has launched a second location in southwest Champaign. King Kuma, which has been dishing out Hawaiian poke bowls at the food hall since early 2018, opened Oct.
Clergy Corner, Nov. 1, 2019
IVESDALE — A rural Catholic church once known as the “cathedral of the cornfield” is celebrating turning the big 1-5-0 this weekend. According to Deacon JAMES BREWER, who has lived in the Champaign County community of 258 for most of his life, the rural area now known as Ivesdale was first settled by immigrants, largely Roman Catholics from Ireland.
Man wanted in holdups at same store arrested in Bloomington
CHAMPAIGN — Champaign police said they have arrested a Champaign man in connection with armed holdups at the same business twice in the same week this month. Champaign police officers, with the help of the U.S. Marshals Service and the Bloomington Street Crimes Unit, arrested Tyson Biggers, 41, whose last known address was in the 1300 block of Hedge Road, for armed robbery and aggravated robbery.
Villa Grove group opens Mexican restaurant in Savoy
Restaurant questions? Submit them here SAVOY — There’s a new colorful addition to the growing Savoy area. Mexican restaurant El Rancho Grande, just behind the Aldi grocery store at 505 Commerce Drive, opened Wednesday. The sit-down family restaurant is owned by the same men who have operated the original El Rancho Grande in Villa Grove since 2017: Pedro Ocampo, Filiberto Ocampo, Jorge Mora and Geovany Vega, all of Champaign. “We’re excited to come to Savoy,” said Pedro Ocampo.
International Prep parents ask Unit 4 board to extend dual-language program through 8th grade
CHAMPAIGN — The dual-language program at Champaign’s International Prep Academy has been so popular that parents are clamoring to add middle-school grade levels to the currently K-5 school. But for that to happen, the district will need to invest far beyond what voters approved in a 2016 facilities referendum. About $6 million of the $183.4 million that voters approved was set aside for work at International Prep Academy, which provides a thorough English-Spanish education experience.
Interstate 72 closed due to cattle on the highway
ARGENTA - Illinois State Police report that both lanes of Interstate 72 are expected to be closed for the next two to three hours due to cattle on the highway. State Trooper Joseph Rush said troopers are on the scene of a single vehicle crash at the Argenta exit that took place shortly after 2 p.m. No injuries were reported. Rush said a truck tractor hauling cattle has overturned, leaving cattle in both the east and westbound lanes.
Clergy Corner, Oct. 25, 2019
An Urbana congregation’s four-year effort to understand and seek justice for racism will be recognized tonight by the local chapter of the NAACP. Set to receive the organization’s President’s Award, which goes to the person or group that best reflects the values of the NAACP: Unitarian Universalist Church of Urbana-Champaign, described by its pastor as “a mostly white liberal church.” “Most white liberals have a sense of wanting racial justice,” the Rev.
No one hurt in house fire in northeast Urbana
URBANA — No injuries were reported in a house fire Tuesday evening just outside the city limits of northeast Urbana. Edge-Scott Fire Protection District Chief Steve Thuney said crews were called to a fire at 7:31 p.m. at a house in the 300 block of Brady Lane. When firefighters arrived at the single-story house, they saw black smoke coming out the front door, he said. Firefighters entered the home and found a blaze in the kitchen, Thuney said.
Plea deal: Teen admits having loaded gun at school
URBANA — A 16-year-old Centennial High School student has pleaded guilty in connection with bringing a loaded gun to the high school. Last week, the teen pleaded guilty to Class 3 felony unlawful use of weapons. The charge is higher than normal because the teen allegedly had no firearm owner’s identification card and because he brought the gun into the school. Judge Heidi Ladd set his sentencing hearing for Nov. 1.
Champaign teen admits role in burglary at sorority house, attack on detention center employee
URBANA — A Champaign teen who admitted his role in a June burglary at a Campustown sorority house and to attacking a staff member at the Youth Detention Center after he was detained faces up to eight years in prison after pleading guilty this week in adult court to two felonies. Davarion Epps, 17, who listed an address in the 1300 block of North Neil Street, pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of residential burglary and one count of aggravated battery.
Champaign school board approves settlement, release agreement with CFO
CHAMPAIGN — The Champaign school district and its chief financial officer have agreed to go their separate ways. After exiting a 29-minute closed session Tuesday night, members of the Champaign school board voted 7-0 to approve a settlement and release agreement with CFO Tom Lockman. Under the terms of the deal, the district will pay Lockman $151,975, less applicable taxes and withholding, by Jan. 10, 2020.
Champaign County Board panel postpones decision on cannabis-business support
URBANA — The future of recreational-marijuana businesses in unincorporated areas of Champaign County might be in the hands of whoever county board Chairman Giraldo Rosales decides to appoint to the board next week. On Thursday, the county board's environment and land use committee debated taking a first step toward allowing cannabis dispensaries, transporters, craft growers, cultivation centers, infusers and processors in certain zoning districts.
Clergy Corner, Oct. 11, 2019
URBANA — Stunned and saddened by stories of sexual abuse by clergy members, a group of Catholic parishioners is turning to compassion, prayer and art in an effort to help victims and their families. Calling themselves the “Hear Our Prayers, Heal Our Church” group, members of St. Patrick Catholic Church in Urbana have been meeting over the last year in the wake of numerous disturbing reports — both in Illinois and beyond.
Student allegedly found with handgun at Centennial arrested
CHAMPAIGN — Champaign police have arrested a 16-year-old student who reportedly had a loaded handgun and ammunition at Centennial High School. Police said a school resource officer at Centennial arrested the student at 11:56 a.m. Tuesday for his alleged involvement in a theft. Police said the student was escorted outside to a private location where he was arrested without incident.
Two men shot Saturday night in northwest Champaign
CHAMPAIGN — Police are investigating shootings of two different men late Saturday night on Champaign’s northwest side. According to a Champaign police report, officers were called to a parking lot outside a business in the 1900 block of West Bradley Avenue at 11:43 p.m. to respond to a report of a shooting there. When police arrived they found a 25-year-old man with a gunshot wound. Police Lt. Nathan Rath said the wound was not life threatening.
Villa Grove paints the town pink in memory of football mom
VILLA GROVE — From the pink pumpkin decorating competition between classrooms to the pink bead necklaces the cheerleaders have been selling, no one does the first few days of Breast Cancer Awareness Month like this proud Douglas County community of 2,426. And for good reason: After all, no one was more beloved around Villa Grove than the football mom for whom the annual paint-the-town-pink tradition is held at this time every year.
Police: Man shot in the leg in Champaign
CHAMPAIGN — Police have been called to the scene of a reported shooting on Champaign’s west side. According to preliminary information from Champaign police, officers were called to the 1300 block of Summit Ridge Road at 2:02 p.m. Sunday. According to the report, a man had been shot in the leg. No other information was immediately available.
Police: Evidence suggests man was walking along road when shot
CHAMPAIGN — Police have been called to the scene of a reported shooting on Champaign’s west side. According Champaign police Lt. Nathan Rath, officers were called to the 1300 block of Summit Ridge Road at 1:58 p.m. Sunday. Upon arrival, police discovered a 23-year-old male victim suffering from a gunshot wound to the leg. The victim was taken to an Urbana hospital for treatment for injuries. Rath said the injuries were not believed to be life-threatening at this time.
Shooting reported in Champaign
CHAMPAIGN — Police have been called to the scene of a reported shooting on Champaign’s west side. According to preliminary information from Champaign police, officers were called to the 1300 block of Summit Ridge Road at 2:02 p.m. Sunday. According to the report, a man had been shot in the leg. No other information was immediately available. According to preliminary information from Champaign police, officers were called to the 1300 block of Summit Ridge Road at 2:02 p.m. Sunday.
New owners for Slim Chickens
Tom's Mailbag is on vacation this week, but veteran reporter Tom Kacich will be back to answer your questions next week — click here to submit them. In the meantime, here's some area business news that should whet your appetite for the return of the Mailbag next Friday, courtesy Tim Mitchell: Slim Chickens at 2037 South Neil Street in Champaign on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. Rick Danzl A south Champaign chicken restaurant has new owners. Slim Chickens, at 2037 S.
Champaign County Board approves raises for several elected offices in 2020
URBANA — Some elected officials in Champaign County will be getting a raise late next year. On Thursday night, the Champaign County Board voted 14-3 to adopt a resolution increasing the salaries of county officials who will take office following the 2020 election cycle. The county auditor, coroner and recorder will each see their salaries increase from $91,612 to $91,830 in December 2020 (a 0.24 percent raise) and to $93,666 in December 2021 (2 percent).
Wednesday's prep highlights: Spartan spikers sweep Vikings
In volleyball St. Joseph-Ogden 2, Danville 0. Kennedi Burnett and Lindsey Aden both smashed six kills, Emily Bigger had 16 assists and Katelyn Berry came up with 10 digs to help the Spartans (13-3) sweep the Vikings (0-10) 25-13, 25-13 in a nonconference win played at home. In boys' soccer Warrensburg-Latham 2, Blue Ridge 1. Brenden Flannell scored a second-half goal in a penalty kick for the Knights (6-7-2) in a non-league loss on the road. In boys' golf At Danville.
UPDATE: Champaign man arrested after report of armed man at Clark-Lindsey Village
UPDATE, 8:25 p.m.: URBANA — An man who displayed a gun inside an Urbana senior-living facility is in the Champaign County Jail after being arrested Monday afternoon. Police said at 3:20 p.m. Monday, officers were called to Clark-Lindsey Village, 101 W. Windsor Road, U, to respond to a report of an armed man there. Six police vehicles were observed at the scene.
Man injured in shooting in south Urbana
URBANA — One person was taken to an area hospital for injuries as a result of a shooting Monday night on Urbana’s south side. Police were called to the 1800 block of South Cottage Grove at 6:27 p.m. to respond to a report of shots fired. When officers arrived, they learned that one man was wounded. Information on the victim’s condition was unavailable Monday night.
Wednesday's prep highlights: Tiger girls sweep to victory against Peoria
Your browser does not support the audio element. In volleyball Watseka 2, Salt Fork 0. Raegann Kochel pounded four kills, Sydney McTaggart came up with 16 digs and Grace Smith provided eight assists to help the Warriors (6-5-1) down the Storm (1-6) 25-23, 25-21 in a match played in Catlin. Urbana 2, Peoria 0.
911 service disrupted in Ogden
OGDEN — Homes and businesses in Ogden using landline telephones lost 911 service Tuesday afternoon. Chamapign County METCAD Deputy Director Jeff Wooten said 132 housholds are affected. “We were notified by Frontier at 2:20 p.m. that service went down at that time,” Wooten said. “Crews have been dispatched to work on the problem.” Wooten said there is no estimate when 911 service will be restored in Ogden.
Champaign school board approves more spending for referendum work at Central, Centennial, South Side
CHAMPAIGN — Further tweaks to construction costs for referendum projects in the Champaign school district have resulted in additional expenses for Central and Centennial high schools and South Side Elementary but a slight decrease in costs for Dr. Howard Elementary. On Monday night, the school board voted 6-0 to spend an additional $3 million at Central and an additional $2.69 million at Centennial.
Got electronics to recycle? Collection event coming soon, but reservations required
CHAMPAIGN — Many Champaign County residents can register online for the next residential electronics collection event this morning. Environmental Sustainability Specialist Nichole Millage said registration opens at 8 a.m., with the link to the online registration system at http://ecycle.simplybook.me/. The collection event will take place Oct. 12 at Parkland College, 2400 W. Bradley Ave., Champaign.
Wednesday's prep highlights: Morrison keys Bombers to non-league win
In volleyball Argenta-Oreana 2, Meridian 0. The Bombers swept Meridian 25-16, 25-18 in a nonconference match played at Argenta. Katy Morrisongarnered 14 digs, Madelyn Tipsword smashed four kills and Riley Jones and Cassi Newbanks both delivered seven assists for the Bombers (6-2). Champaign Central 2, Jacksonville 0.
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