Hurricane Irene Hits East Coast
On August 20, 2011, the first hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season was formed just south of the Dominican...
Year: 2011
36th Annual Sweetcorn Festival
Urbana's Sweetcorn festival is a very special event to the community. A lot of teenagers and the rest of the...
Book Review: “Heaven is for Real”
Have you ever wondered what happens after you die? Do you think you go somewhere, as in Heaven or Hell?...
Fundamental Things Club Rounds Out First Year
Juniors Kirsten Slaughter, Mikhala Eveland and Elena Wentworth wanted to start a club to benefit people in poorer countries after...
UHS Alum Dan Whaley Gives Commencement Speech
Graduation means that many Urbana High School seniors are preparing to leave Urbana, but one UHS alum is coming back to...
UHS Students Discuss Summer Plans
Summer is just around the corner and students are eager to get there! Some kids stay around for the two...
Echo Reporter Talks to Well-Known Homeless Man in the Community
In the past few years, many trips to Lincoln Square Mall in Urbana have consisted of the sighting of and...
Summer Action Movies
This summer will be a summer full of action at the movie theaters. Many of the classic series like “X-Men”...
UHS Track Star McKenzie White Graduates
McKenzie White has been one of those people in the Urbana High School halls that has always stood out. Whether...
Racism in Modern Day America
On Easter Sunday, my mother and I approached my grandmother's apartment building. A short while later, an older white woman...
