Champaign police looking into holdups

CHAMPAIGN – Police are investigating two separate robbery incidents reported in Champaign.

A man wearing a ski mask and armed with a handgun robbed the Homewood Suites by Hilton, 1417 S. Neil St., about 2:36 a.m. Friday, according to one police report.

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