Volunteers gather for clean-up effort in honor of Austin Cloyd

CHAMPAIGN – It didn't start out as great weather for working outside, but Renee Cloyd knows all too well that having a little rain fall on you just isn't one of life's big deals.

"It's only water," she said with a smile that spoke volumes about how much this day meant to her, and how much it would have meant to her daughter.

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