CHAMPAIGN – The state's final list showing which schools in Illinois made adequate yearly progress has been released, and the status of several local schools has improved.

However, five elementary schools, all three middle schools and both high schools in Champaign failed to achieve adequate progress status, a key indicator for funding purposes because it's tied to federal No Child Left Behind requirements that figure into funding schools receive.

SAVOY – A man who crashed a sport utility vehicle into a Savoy condominium early today was treated at Carle Foundation Hospital, then arrested for DUI.

"I was in the bedroom and had just turned out the light. I heard sirens then the screech then my whole house shook," said Barbara Pirie. "He tore out my front door and my front bedroom, which is a guest room. Luckily, no one was in it."

The University of Illinois will surpass its record number of incoming freshmen for the second year in a row this fall semester.

Richard Herman said the university is expecting about 7,300 freshmen, an increase of almost 500 students from a year ago.

VILLA GROVE – An 84-year-old resident of the Shangrila Veterans Hotel in Villa Grove died Tuesday from complications resulting from smoke inhalation.

Champaign County Deputy Coroner Steve Elkins said Leonard Clifton died at 9:38 p.m. Tuesday at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, where he had been a patient since Friday night, when fire consumed the downtown Villa Grove hotel.