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WBGZ Radio 1/17/2021 | By Cole Lauterbach - Illinois Radio Network Todd Maisch, president and CEO of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce, said the government of Illinois needs to give more weight to the state’s economic crisis as the new year begins. “Government has focused on the health crisis, as it should have, but they have not held up their end of the economic crisis,” Maisch said. “We have thousands of businesses out of business because of that.” As Maisch sees it, state government edicts that have restricted and shut down businesses because of the pandemic, are preventing thous...

URBANA — A Champaign County Judge issued a written temporary restraining order Thursday against Lil Buford’s, prohibiting the Tolono bar and grill from operating without a valid health permit. At a hearing Thursday morning, Judge Ben Dyer ruled in favor of the Champaign County Public Health Department, which suspended Lil Buford’s health permit Dec. 17 for continuing to serve indoors in violation of a state order banning indoor service at bars and restaurants in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19. The temporary restraining order will remain in effect until 3 p.m. Jan. 7, ...

URBANA — A Champaign County Judge issued a written temporary restraining order Thursday against Lil Buford’s, prohibiting the Tolono bar and grill from operating without a valid health permit. At a hearing Thursday morning, Judge Ben Dyer ruled in favor of the Champaign County Public Health Department, which suspended Lil Buford’s health permit Dec. 17 for continuing to serve indoors in violation of a state order banning indoor service at bars and restaurants in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19. The temporary restraining order will remain in effect until 3 p.m. Jan. 7, ...

CHAMPAIGN — Local authorities are seeking temporary restraining orders against two local restaurants that are continuing to operate with suspended health permits. Hearings have been set for Thursday for temporary restraining orders filed by the Champaign County State’s Attorney’s Office against Lil Buford’s, 102 N. Long St., Tolono, and by the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District’s attorney, Ruth Wyman, against Merry-Ann’s Diner, 1510 S. Neil St., C. The health permits for both restaurants were suspended earlier this month after they continued to serve indoors...

Restaurateur asks county, 'What's the deal?' Tuesday, December 29, 2020  |  Chris Woodward (OneNewsNow.com) Spanish A restaurant owner in Illinois is speaking out against the Champaign area's COVID restrictions and is trying to protect the county's businesses and their patrons. Jeff Buckler, owner of Lil Buford's Bar & Grill, recently told the "Fox & Friends" television program that there are hundreds of restaurants in Champaign, Illinois that are closed down, amounting to thousands of servers, cooks, and bartenders who are out of work. "People are starving, and it's going to get bad...