Area Holiday Event Calendar

Here is our latest list of area holiday events for Champaign, Ogden, Philo, Savoy, Sidney, St. Joseph, Tolono, and Urbana. Bookmark this page if you are looking for fun activities to do or unique places to shop this holiday season. in The Sentinel area. This page will be updated regularly with new events. Is your event not listed below? Send your event information to editor@oursentinel.com.


.::. November 28, 2024

.::. November 30, 2024

.::. December 1, 2024

.::. December 7, 2024

.::. December 8, 2024

.::. December 14, 2024


.::. December 15, 2024

.::. December 19, 2024

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Friendly faces from the Illinois Marathon

Rebecca Larmer gives two thumbs up
URBANA - Rebecca Larmer gives two thumbs up as she passes the water station near mile four of the Illinois Marathon's marathon and half marathon course. The Champaign resident finished 217th out of 305 runners in the female 20-24-year-old age group on Saturday. Larmer, who finished the half marathon 1,540th overall out of 2,156 runners, clocked in with a time of 2:27:44. Below is our collection of photos of athletes having a good time while running through the annual Champaign-Urbana race.

Photos: Sentinel/Clark Brooks

Oswego runner Kelly Allen

Kelly Allen lets out a roar while running in the half marathon course on Washington Ave in Urbana. Allen, hailing from Oswego, NY, finished the course at 2:33:30, good for 46th out of 75 runners in the women's 45-49 age group on Saturday.

Photos: Sentinel/Clark Brooks

With a little more than two miles to the finish line, Ian Schrader displays two thumbs down while running north on Race Street in Urbana. Shrader finished his half marathon run at 2:02:40. The Waterloo, IL, runner was 779th overall and was 161st in the men's 20-24 division.

Photos: Sentinel/Clark Brooks


On this day in 2017


John Ryan Thompsen running at the Illinois Marathon on this day in 2017.
On this day in April of 2017, Ryan Thompsen ran with 1,216 endurance runners at the Illinois Marathon. Thompsen, who ran both cross country and track while attending St. Joseph-Ogden High School, ran to a 1st place finish in the Mens 20-24 division, clocking in 2:33:08. He crossed the finish line 4th overall out of entire field on Saturday. Click here to see more photos from the 2017 Illinois Marathon. (Photo: PhotoNews Media/Clark Brooks)




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Photos: Sentinel/Clark Brooks