Petitions on truancy filed against eight students

URBANA – At least eight young people in Champaign County will have a bona fide New Year's resolution to make, and a judge to help them keep it.

State's Attorney Julia Rietz has filed truancy petitions against eight students from four different Champaign County schools alleging that they have missed at least 10 percent of their classes this school year, or 18 days.

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