Sophia Hartke didn’t expect to win the Champaign County Fair Queen Pageant on her first attempt. Now, she’s excited for the opportunity to represent her family and her community.
URBANA – Cattle, sheep and swine are being shown off in agricultural competitions this week at the Champaign County Fair in Urbana. But this past weekend belonged to the horses, with three different horse shows on the schedule. The horse show on the fair opening day (Friday, July 21) was organized by 4-H, and featured
URBANA — The annual county fair marks the beginning of summer’s end in Champaign County. The Champaign County Fair opened its gates on Friday evening to begin its 169th year after being canceled two years ago due to COVID-19. For some fair attendees, it was nice to return to the normalcy of pre-pandemic county fairs.
URBANA — The Champaign County Fair in Urbana and the Georgetown Fair in Vermilion County are the latest summer events to fall victim to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a post on their Facebook page, the Champaign County Fair Association board of directors stated that “after weeks of monitoring and many discussions between our board members and local