UPDATE at 7:22 p.m. The Champaign Fire Department said Sunday evening's fire at the I-Hotel started in a commercial dryer. Crews from Champaign and Urbana...
4 months ago

Sam Santhanam is one of those people whom everyone in Champaign-Urbana seems to know. And like.
10 months ago

Listen to Kimberly Schofield and Adelyn Mui talk about weekend events on IPM News AM 580 and FM 90.9 – Wednesdays at 6:45 and 8:45 am, and Thursdays at 5:44 pm.
1 month ago

Sam Santhanam, president at the I Hotel and Illinois Conference Center in Champaign, talks Wednesday with Candy Leti, top, and Susan Toalson McGinty.
10 months ago

Marian McPhee passed away in Champaign, Illinois. The obituary was featured in The News-Gazette on February 3, 2024.
11 months ago

The 17th class of Central Illinois Business magazine's Forty Under 40 — powered by Busey Bank and The News-Gazette — was celebrated Thursday at the I Hotel...
2 months ago

There's no better Big Ten host than Sam Santhanam, the friendly general manager at I Hotel and Illinois Conference Center.
10 months ago

Marcus Domask, middle, poses for a photo with dad Dan and mom Patti at the iHotel in Champaign following Friday's Illini Rebounders senior luncheon.
10 months ago

Scott Richey covers college basketball for The News-Gazette. His email is srichey@news-gazette.com, and you can follow him on Twitter (@srrichey).
4 months ago

On Thursday, we celebrated Central Illinois Business Magazine's 17th Forty Under 40 class at the I Hotel and Illinois Conference Center in Champaign,...
2 months ago