Champaign church plans to remember slain student

CHAMPAIGN – Members of the First United Methodist Church in Champaign will remember Austin Cloyd with a memorial tree to be planted in Centennial Park this weekend.

The tree will be planted along Kirby Avenue near Prairie Farm at 10 a.m. Saturday.

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