October 2011

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Halloween weekend race photos

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 9:45pm | Jodi Heckel

Seeing the costumes other runners were wearing was as much fun as running the races this past weekend.

City posts video of chase before arrest

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 5:42pm | Patrick Wade

CHAMPAIGN — The city has posted video from the in-car cameras of officers who responded to the Calvin Miller arrest on Oct. 24.

Vermilion prosecutor drops charges against one in triple murder

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 5:30pm | Noelle McGee

DANVILLE — The Vermilion County state's attorney's office has dropped murder charges against one of the men indicted in March in connection with a 2007 triple homicide in Danville.

Vermilion County State's Attorney Randy Brinegar announced on Monday that he recently moved to drop the charges against David L. Moore, 37, of Chicago.

Coming Tuesday: Library and wind farm issues, basketball opener

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 5:01pm | John Beck

In Tuesday's paper, we look at a potential problem for the Champaign library, a wind farm issue supposed to go before the county board and the opening of the Illini men's basketball season.

Making good progress on our unique DIY fence

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 3:31pm | Meg Dickinson, staff writer,

I thought putting a fence up in our backyard would take five hours, tops.

Snowball's chance

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 3:22pm | Bob Asmussen

I contacted the Big Ten office today and asked about a couple of the officiating/game management situations that happened during Saturday's Illinois-Penn State game.

Thoughts and Week 9 Prediction Standings

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 2:52pm | Tom Young, Radio Personality

Once again another great defensive effort ruined by the offense and special teams.

5 O'Clock Shadow: Key Cornhusker arrested

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 1:59pm

News you can't leave work without: Nebraska star volleyball player Lauren Cook was arrested on suspicion of leaving the scene of an injury accident and ticketed for driving under suspension after a motorcyclist broke a leg.

Nebraska leads Illinois by one game atop the Big Ten standings.

The squirrels win again

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 1:57pm | Julie Wurth, staff writer,

Here is the scene that greeted me on our patio this morning:

At first my brain couldn't comprehend what had happened - until I saw the empty table that used to house a very cute pumpkin. Actually, three.

Injury bug bites Illini

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 12:57pm | Paul Klee

CHAMPAIGN - Illinois point guard Sam Maniscalco won't play in Tuesday's exhibition against Wayne State, Bruce Weber said today.

The senior will be held out of the game for precautionary reasons as he continues to nurse a surgically repaired ankle. Maniscalco has been limited since the Illini opened practice Oct. 14.